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Also known as Euroasia

Eurasia ( , ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some models of the world, physio-graphically, Eurasia is a single continent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents dates back to antiquity, and is largely cultural, but their borders have historically been subject to change. For example, the ancient Greeks originally included Africa in Asia but classified Europe as separate land. Eurasia is connected to Africa at the Suez Canal, and the two are sometimes combined to describe the largest contiguous landmass on Earth, Afro-Eura

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Eurasia is the world's largest continental area, encompassing all of Europe and Asia together as a single landmass. While Europe and Asia are traditionally treated as separate continents due to historical and cultural distinctions, some geographical models recognize them as one unified continent, making understanding Eurasia important for grasping the full scope of Earth's largest landmass.

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Continent.title: Eurasia
Continent.image: 220px
Continent.population: 5.6 billion (As of 2025)
Continent.demonym: Eurasian
Continent.countries: ~93 countries
Continent.dependencies: 9 dependencies
Continent.time: UTC−1 to UTC+12
Continent.part_of: Afro-Eurasia

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Demonym: Avrasya
Population: 5348554000
Area: 54759000
Image: Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg

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Commons category: Eurasia
Commons gallery: Eurasia
maximum temperature record: 53.9
minimum temperature record: -67.7
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History
Geography
Geology
Rivers
Mountains
Islands
Russian geopolitical ideology
Regional organizations and alliances
Asia-Europe Meeting
Commonwealth of Independent States
Eurasian Economic Union
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
Russia-EU Common Spaces
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Greater Eurasian Partnership and continental union
Use of term
History of the Europe–Asia division
Soviet states after decentralization
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
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Eurasia ( , ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some models of the world, physio-graphically, Eurasia is a single continent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents dates back to antiquity, and is largely cultural, but their borders have historically been subject to change. For example, the ancient Greeks originally included Africa in Asia but classified Europe as separate land. Eurasia is connected to Africa at the Suez Canal, and the two are sometimes combined to describe the largest contiguous landmass on Earth, Afro-Eurasia.

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Eastern Hemisphere Eurasia Supercontinents