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How many continents are in the world?
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24/08/2007 15:21:51
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>>>>I'd say 7, who more?
>>>
>>>South America
>>>Central America
>>>North America
>>>Europe
>>>Asia
>>>Oceania
>>>Africa
>>>Antartica
>>>
>>>8 :P
>>>
>>>And we could add India to get 9, after all if Europe is a continent...
>>
>>Yes, the definitions of the continents vary. According to English wikipedia there are 7, but according to the same page in Spanish, there are 5.
>>
>>I think Central Amrica is not a continent and I guess we can count Eurasia as one and not 2. We still end up with 6.
>
>As far as I know, the general consensus is 7. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. Sometimes you get a group of islands they call 'Oceania', but I'm not sure any scientists really consider that to be a continent.
So in which continent is New Zealand and Honduras?
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