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Europe
is
geologically
an
geographically
a
hauf-island
, takkin up the wastrenmaist pairt o
Eurasie
. It is for ordinar conseedert a
continent
, that, in this case, is mair a cultural nor a geographic differ. It is bund in the north bi the
Airctic Ocean
, in the wast bi the
Atlantic Ocean
, in the sooth bi the
Mediterrane Sea
an the
Black Sea
, an in the east bi the
Ural Moontains
an the
Caspian Sea
.
Gin conseedert a continent, Europe is the seicont-wee-est continent in the warld bi area, wi an area o 10,523,000 km²
[1]
(4,140,625 square mile), sicwice it is mair lairger nor anly
Australie
. In population it is the thrid-lairgest continent efter
Asie
an
Africae
. The population o Europe is aboot 705,500,000: aboot 11% o the warld's population.
Main airticle:
Regions o Europe
Sub-diveesions o Europe is gey arbitrar, as nae consensus exists on the sindry defineetions that's proponed. Nae strict geographical conventions exists; this cairt represents, housomiver, the maist widespreid idea o whit kintras constitutes the sindry regions o the continent. Aften the regions includes differin kintras nor them that's on the cairt.
Some kintras haes territory in baith Europe an
Asie
(Roushie, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgie). Thair Asie territory is coloured licht pink. Some states that lies haily on the Asie continent is conseedered pairt o Europe acause o cultural an historical raisons (Armenie, Cyprus). Thay are coloured daurk-pink. Azerbaijan's
exclave
o
Nakhchivan
is coloured daurk-pink an aw acause it isna a conteenous extension o Azerbaijan's territory.
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