Asia

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continent

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing diverse cultures, languages, and landscapes across the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Asian continent	3
Asia (historically)	1
Regions of Asia	1

Statements (125)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continent ⓘ
bordersOcean	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
bordersSea	Arabian Sea ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ East China Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
containsCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Bahrain ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: East Timor Georgia ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ Japan ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Oman ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Syria ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam Yemen ⓘ
containsDesert	Arabian Desert ⓘ Gobi Desert ⓘ
containsMajorCity	Bangkok ⓘ Beijing ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: Delhi Istanbul ⓘ Batavia ⓘ surface form: Jakarta Karachi ⓘ Manila ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ Riyadh ⓘ Seoul ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Tehran ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
containsMajorLanguageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ Austroasiatic languages ⓘ Austronesian languages ⓘ Dravidian languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
containsMajorReligionOrigin	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Himalayas ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ
containsRiver	Amur River ⓘ Ganges ⓘ Indus River ⓘ Lena River ⓘ Mekong River ⓘ Ob River ⓘ Yangtze River ⓘ Yellow River ⓘ
containsSubregion	Central Asia ⓘ East Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Middle East ⓘ North Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
continentRankByArea	1 ⓘ
continentRankByPopulation	1 ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Everest ⓘ
hasLowestPoint	Dead Sea shore ⓘ
hasMajorClimateType	arid ⓘ polar ⓘ subtropical ⓘ temperate ⓘ tropical ⓘ
highestPointElevation	8848 m ⓘ
isUNGeoschemeRegion	yes ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
lowestPointElevation	approximately −430 m ⓘ
partOf	Eurasia ⓘ
sharesLandmassWith	Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (2,105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Opera House Muscat → continent → Asia ⓘ

Rub al Khali → continent → Asia ⓘ

Runway 04L/22R → continent → Asia ⓘ

Russia → continent → Asia ⓘ

Russian Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Russian Revolution → continent → Asia ⓘ

Russian SFSR → continent → Asia ⓘ

Rustem Pasha Mosque → continent → Asia ⓘ

Ryukyuan people → continent → Asia ⓘ

SAARC Secretariat → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sabarmati Ashram → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sabarmati Riverfront → continent → Asia ⓘ

Safavid Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sailendra dynasty → continent → Asia ⓘ

Saint Catherine → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sakai City Museum → continent → Asia ⓘ

Salalah Airport → continent → Asia ⓘ

Salween River → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sam Poo Kong Temple → continent → Asia ⓘ

Samanid Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Samarinda → continent → Asia ⓘ

Samarra → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sambal language → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sanaʽa → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sanjaya → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sapporo → continent → Asia ⓘ

Saratov Reservoir → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sasak language group → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sasanian Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Satish Dhawan Space Centre → continent → Asia ⓘ

Saudi Arabia → continent → Asia ⓘ

Saudi Armed Forces → continent → Asia ⓘ

Saudi Pro League → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sayyid dynasty → continent → Asia ⓘ

Sa’dabad Complex → continent → Asia ⓘ

School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University

School of Computer Science → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Computer Science, Wuhan University

School of Earth Sciences → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Earth Sciences, Wuhan University

School of Management → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

School of Philosophy → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Philosophy, Wuhan University

School of Power and Mechanical Engineering → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University

Sde Boker, Negev, Israel → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Sde Boker

Sea of Marmara → continent → Asia ⓘ

Second Anglo-Maratha War → continent → Asia ⓘ

Second Council of Ephesus → continent → Asia ⓘ

Seleucid Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → continent → Asia ⓘ

Selkup → continent → Asia ⓘ

Selçuk University → continent → Asia ⓘ