Afro-Eurasia

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Afro-Eurasia is the vast continuous landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, forming the largest connected continental area on Earth.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Eurasia canonical 5
Afro-Eurasia landmass 1
Afro-Eurasian landmass 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
landmass ⓘ
supercontinent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Afro-Eurasian landmass ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia

Afroeurasia ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia

Eurafrasia ⓘ
linked to: Eurasia

World Island ⓘ
areaApproximateSquareKilometres 84000000 ⓘ
areaApproximateSquareMiles 32000000 ⓘ
borderedByOcean Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
borderedBySea Arabian Sea ⓘ
Baltic Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
Sea of Japan ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
connectedByIsthmus Isthmus of Sinai ⓘ
linked to: Isthmus of Suez

Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
connectedByStrait Bosporus ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
containsClimateZone arid ⓘ
continental ⓘ
polar ⓘ
temperate ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
containsDesert Arabian Desert ⓘ
Gobi Desert ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
containsHighestPoint Mount Everest ⓘ
containsLowestLandPoint Dead Sea shore ⓘ
containsMajorityOfWorldLandArea true ⓘ
containsMajorityOfWorldPopulation true ⓘ
containsMostOfAfricanPlate true ⓘ
containsMostOfEurasianPlate true ⓘ
containsMostSovereignStatesOnEarth true ⓘ
containsMountainRange Alps ⓘ
Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Ural Mountains ⓘ
containsRiver Amazon ⓘ
Danube ⓘ
Ganges ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
Yangtze ⓘ
linked to: Yangtze River
containsWorldLandAreaShareApproximate 0.57 ⓘ
containsWorldPopulationShareApproximate 0.85 ⓘ
continentIncludes Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
highestPointElevationMetres 8848 ⓘ
isContinuousLandmass true ⓘ
isLargestContinuousLandmassOnEarth true ⓘ
isPrimarySettingForHumanHistory true ⓘ
isSeparatedFromAmericasBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
isSeparatedFromOceaniaBy Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
lowestLandPointMetresBelowSeaLevel 430 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old World → geographicalScope → Afro-Eurasia ⓘ
Old World → relatedConcept → Afro-Eurasia landmass ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia
Afro-Eurasian desert belt → partOf → Afro-Eurasia ⓘ
Ibn Battuta → regionOfActivity → Afro-Eurasia ⓘ
Afro-Eurasia → alsoKnownAs → Afroeurasia ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia
Afro-Eurasia → alsoKnownAs → Afro-Eurasian landmass ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia
Viejo Mundo → seRelacionaCon → Afro-Eurasia ⓘ
World Island → alsoKnownAs → Afro-Eurasia ⓘ