continent

Summary

continent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• continent is a type of landmass^[2].
• continent is a type of natural geographic object^[3].
• continent is part of Earth's crust^[4].
• continent is part of Earth^[5].
• continent's Commons category is recorded as Continents^[6].
• continent is the opposite of ocean^[7].
• continent's located in/on physical feature is recorded as continental crust^[8].
• continent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Continents^[9].
• continent's Commons gallery is recorded as Continents^[10].
• continent's described at URL is recorded as https://www.whosonfirst.org/docs/placetypes/#continent^[11].
• continent's described at URL is recorded as https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Continent^[12].
• continent's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as place=continent^[13].
• continent's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• continent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• continent's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• continent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• continent's partially coincident with is recorded as part of the world^[18].
• continent's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox continent^[19].
• continent's topic has template is recorded as Template:Continents of Earth^[20].
• continent's main Wikidata property is recorded as P30^[21].
• continent's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Continent^[22].
• continent's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C76349^[23].
• continent's different from is recorded as part of the world^[24].
• continent's different from is recorded as continental crust^[25].
• continent's different from is recorded as Q97235040^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landmass^[2] and natural geographic object^[3]. continent is the opposite of ocean^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include Earth's crust^[4], a crust^[27] and Earth^[5], an inner planet of the Solar System^[28], founded in -4540000000^[29].

Why It Matters

continent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] continent is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]