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.

Gobi Desert → continent → Asia ⓘ

Godavari → continent → Asia ⓘ

Golden Horde → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gorely → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gorontalo → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gorontalo–Mongondow languages → continent → Asia ⓘ

Government Museum, Chennai → continent → Asia ⓘ

Government offices of Vietnam → continent → Asia ⓘ

Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar → continent → Asia ⓘ

Governor-General of French Indochina → continent → Asia ⓘ

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

Graduate School of Economics → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University

Graduate School of Medicine → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences → continent → Asia ⓘ

Grand Bazaar → continent → Asia ⓘ

Great Andamanese → continent → Asia ⓘ

Great Andamanese languages → continent → Asia ⓘ

Great Himalayan National Park → continent → Asia ⓘ

Great Mosque of Damascus → continent → Asia ⓘ

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve → continent → Asia ⓘ

Greater Zab → continent → Asia ⓘ

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → continent → Asia ⓘ

Guangzhou Metro → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gujarat University → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gujranwala → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gulf of Boni → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gulf of Suez → continent → Asia ⓘ

Guntur → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gunung Leuser National Park → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gupta Empire → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gurian hills → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gurians → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gwalior State → continent → Asia ⓘ

Gwangju → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hadrian's Gate → continent → Asia ⓘ

Haji Ali Dargah → continent → Asia ⓘ

Han Chinese → continent → Asia ⓘ

Han dynasty → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hanoi → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hanoi Medical University → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hawalli → continent → Asia ⓘ

Hefei Railway Station → continent → Asia ⓘ

Herat → continent → Asia ⓘ

Herta and Paul Amir Building → continent → Asia ⓘ

Herzliya → continent → Asia ⓘ

Higashiōsaka → continent → Asia ⓘ

Himalayas → continent → Asia ⓘ