* Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Oct 09. 2002 09:49]: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:50:11AM +0100, Ian Drake, IT, CIR, SE Dunbartonshire >wrote: > > Oceania? Isn't that a group of islands from the continents of Asia and > > Australasia? > > OK, how many continents are there and what are they? The only useful > thing Google turned up[1] was that only 15% of people in the UK are able to > name all seven continents. It neglected to say what they were. I get > America, Europe, Asia, Antartica and Africa. I'd thought Oceania was a > sixth but I'm reliably informed that it and Asia are Australasia (unless > you're American). And from the look of the world map on the wall in the > office[2], there is is a ridge connecting Australia to Asia so that > sounds reasonable. > > So, what's 6 and 7 then? :-) >
Ok... A _very_ quick Google turns up http://www.worldatlas.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD CONTINENTS (by size) #1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) #2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) #3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) #4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) #5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) #6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) #7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km) Kevin _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
