Asia

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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

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

Assyrians continent Asia
Aurangabad continent Asia
Azadi Tower continent Asia
Azerbaijan continent Asia
Aziz Dweik continent Asia
B.League continent Asia
subject surface form: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Baghat continent Asia
Baghdati continent Asia
Bahrain continent Asia
Balinese continent Asia
Balkanabat continent Asia
Baloch people continent Asia
Banas River continent Asia
Bandung continent Asia
Bangkok continent Asia
Banjar River continent Asia
Banjarmasin continent Asia
Bank of Korea continent Asia
Barak River continent Asia
Baramati continent Asia
Barito River continent Asia
Basra continent Asia
Bat Yam continent Asia
Batak continent Asia
Batavia continent Asia
Batman River continent Asia
Beijing continent Asia
PEK continent Asia
subject surface form: Beijing Capital International Airport
Beirut continent Asia
Bengaluru continent Asia
Bent Deresi continent Asia