Afro-Eurasia

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Afro-Eurasia is the vast continuous landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, forming the largest connected continental area on Earth.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Eurasia canonical 3
Afro-Eurasia landmass 1
Afro-Eurasian landmass 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
landmass
supercontinent
alsoKnownAs Afro-Eurasia
surface form: Afro-Eurasian landmass

Afro-Eurasia
surface form: Afroeurasia

Eurasia
surface form: Eurafrasia

World Island
areaApproximateSquareKilometres 84000000
areaApproximateSquareMiles 32000000
borderedByOcean Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
borderedBySea Arabian Sea
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Red Sea
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
connectedByIsthmus Isthmus of Suez
surface form: Isthmus of Sinai

Isthmus of Suez
connectedByStrait Bosporus
Dardanelles
Strait of Gibraltar
containsClimateZone arid
continental
polar
temperate
tropical
containsDesert Arabian Desert
Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
containsHighestPoint Mount Everest
containsLowestLandPoint Dead Sea shore
containsMajorityOfWorldLandArea true
containsMajorityOfWorldPopulation true
containsMostOfAfricanPlate true
containsMostOfEurasianPlate true
containsMostSovereignStatesOnEarth true
containsMountainRange Alps
Atlas Mountains
Himalayas
Ural Mountains
containsRiver Amazon
Danube
Ganges
Nile
Yangtze River
surface form: Yangtze
containsWorldLandAreaShareApproximate 0.57
containsWorldPopulationShareApproximate 0.85
continentIncludes Africa
Asia
Europe
highestPointElevationMetres 8848
isContinuousLandmass true
isLargestContinuousLandmassOnEarth true
isPrimarySettingForHumanHistory true
isSeparatedFromAmericasBy Atlantic Ocean
isSeparatedFromOceaniaBy Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
lowestLandPointMetresBelowSeaLevel 430

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Old World geographicalScope Afro-Eurasia
Old World relatedConcept Afro-Eurasia
this entity surface form: Afro-Eurasia landmass
Afro-Eurasian desert belt partOf Afro-Eurasia
Ibn Battuta regionOfActivity Afro-Eurasia
Afro-Eurasia alsoKnownAs Afro-Eurasia
this entity surface form: Afroeurasia
Afro-Eurasia alsoKnownAs Afro-Eurasia
this entity surface form: Afro-Eurasian landmass