Asia o continente asitico es el continente ms extenso y poblado de la Tierra que, con
cerca de 44 millones de km, supone el 8,70% del total de la superficie terrestre y el
29,45% de las tierras emergidas y, con [Link] de habitantes, el 61% de la
poblacin mundial. Se extiende sobre la mitad oriental del hemisferio Norte, desde el
ocano Glacial rtico, al norte, hasta el ocano ndico, al sur. Limita, al oeste, con los
montes Urales, y al este, con el ocano Pacfico.
En la divisin convencional de continentes, de origen europeo, Asia y Europa aparecen
como dos entidades diferentes por razones culturales e histricas. En trminos
geogrficos, forman en realidad un nico continente, llamado Eurasia. Adems, frica
est unida a Eurasia por el canal de Suez por lo que tambin se puede considerar toda la
extensin conjunta de Europa, Asia y frica como un nico supercontinente,
ocasionalmente denominado Eurafrasia, o Afro-eurasia.
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asia or Asia is the largest continent and populated the Earth with about 44 million square
kilometers, accounting for 8.70% of the total land area and 29.45% of the land area and with
4,140 000,000 inhabitants, 61% of the world population. It extends over the eastern half of the
northern hemisphere, from the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Indian Ocean to the south.
Bordered to the west by the Ural Mountains, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
In the conventional division of continents, from Europe, Asia, and Europe appear as two
different entities for cultural and historical reasons. Geographically, really form a single
continent called Eurasia. Furthermore, Eurasia is joined to Africa by the Suez Canal so it can
also be seen throughout the joint area of Europe, Asia and Africa as a single supercontinent
called Eurafrasia occasionally, or Afro-Eurasia.