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.

Diriyah → continent → Asia ⓘ

Doaba → continent → Asia ⓘ

Doha → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dominion of India → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dong-A University → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dongnae District → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dragon King → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dravidian languages → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dravidian peoples → continent → Asia ⓘ

Druk Gyalpo → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dubai Holding → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dubai Mall → continent → Asia ⓘ

Durrani Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dutch Coromandel → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dutch Reformed Church, Galle → continent → Asia ⓘ

Dwijendranath Tagore → continent → Asia ⓘ

Düden Waterfalls → continent → Asia ⓘ

East Asian mountain system → continent → Asia ⓘ

ECO → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization

Economic Coordination Committee of Pakistan → continent → Asia ⓘ

Ege University → continent → Asia ⓘ

Egvekinot → continent → Asia ⓘ

Egypt → continent → Asia ⓘ

Egyptian National Railways network → continent → Asia ⓘ

Emirate of Afghanistan → continent → Asia ⓘ

Enets → continent → Asia ⓘ

Erbil → continent → Asia ⓘ

Eretz Israel Museum → continent → Asia ⓘ

Eric Chu → continent → Asia ⓘ

Ermita → continent → Asia ⓘ

Erode → continent → Asia ⓘ

Erzurum, Turkey → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Erzurum

Esteghlal F.C. → continent → Asia ⓘ

Euphrates → continent → Asia ⓘ

Evessa → continent → Asia ⓘ

Expo 2020 → continent → Asia ⓘ

Expo 2020 station → continent → Asia ⓘ

Expo 85 → continent → Asia ⓘ

Expo ’70 → continent → Asia ⓘ

Expo ’70 Commemorative Park → continent → Asia ⓘ

Faculty of Arts → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Arts, Cairo University

Faculty of Commerce → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University

Faculty of Dentistry → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Dentistry, Tohoku University

Faculty of Economics and Political Science → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Faculty of Engineering → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies → continent → Asia ⓘ

Faculty of Law → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Faculty of Law → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

Faculty of Letters → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo