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.

Tragulidae → nativeTo → Asia ⓘ

Tsuga → nativeTo → Asia ⓘ

Ulmus → nativeTo → Asia ⓘ

Zelkova → nativeTo → Asia ⓘ

Aphananthe → nativeToContinent → Asia ⓘ

Manouria tortoises → nativeToContinent → Asia ⓘ

Ovis → nativeToContinent → Asia ⓘ

GoldStar → notableMarket → Asia ⓘ

PlayStation → notableRegion → Asia ⓘ

Claretian Missionaries → notableRegionOfActivity → Asia ⓘ

Scott Malkin → notableRegionOfBusiness → Asia ⓘ

Asia → notableWork → Asia ⓘ

April Fools' Day → observedIn → Asia ⓘ

Christmas → observedIn → Asia ⓘ

International Roma Day → observedIn → Asia ⓘ

International Workers’ Day → observedIn → Asia ⓘ

Nguyen Thi Binh → officeContinent → Asia ⓘ

Areva → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Foreign Economic Administration → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

HOK Sport Venue Event → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

News Corporation → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Office of Strategic Services → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Standard Oil → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Technical Cooperation Administration → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Willis Re → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

women's suffrage movement → operatedIn → Asia ⓘ

Czech Airlines → operatedLongHaulDestinations → Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia (historically)

Alitalia → operatedRegion → Asia ⓘ

Aeroméxico → operatesFlightsInRegion → Asia ⓘ

Texas A&M Alumni network → operatesGloballyIn → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Texas A&M Alumni Network

ABB → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Abbott Laboratories → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Admirals Club → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Aga Khan Trust for Culture → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Amazon Studios → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

American Battle Monuments Commission → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

American Bible Society → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Arthur D. Little, Inc. → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities) → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Association of Commonwealth Universities

AMBA → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Association of MBAs

Association of MBAs → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Association of University Presses → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

BESIX → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Bertelsmann → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Bolt → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Brookfield Asset Management → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Carter Center → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Chevron Corporation → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ

Chiquita Brands International → operatesIn → Asia ⓘ