Bastille  +  259924 Sun, 27 Aug 06 07:46 PM in my country seven continents are accepted(North America,South America,Asia,Europe,Africa,Australia,Antarctica) Bastille Joined on Fri, Aug 25 2006 Ankara/Turkey Full Member 116 look at the life for discovering

	simplyblessedwithlove  +  271395 Sat, 23 Sep 06 07:50 PM  Squeaky wrote: Hmmm....Well the flag that represents the Olympics has five Interlocking rings to represent five continents.  So the International Olympic Committee is one body I know that has decided upon five continents.........                              Good one! Never thought of it! simplyblessedwithlove Joined on Sun, Feb 27 2005 SF bay area, California Junior Member 90 LT

	simplyblessedwithlove  +  271396 Sat, 23 Sep 06 07:52 PM  Kabayan wrote: It depends on the purpose : Geographically, there are 4 continents ; Eurasiafrica, America, Australia, Antartica. Sociopolitically, there are 6 continents ; Afrika, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America. Sportly, There are 5 continents ; Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Africa. Historically, there was only one continent ; The Gondwana Land. Geologically, there are 7 continents ; Eurasia, Africa-southAmerica, Australia, Antartica, North America, and India. Frankly, I have no Idea how many continents there should be..... What's Gondwana Land? simplyblessedwithlove

	Ayaztremazi  +  285016 Tue, 24 Oct 06 12:03 PM HOW  MANY  CONTINENTS  ARE  THERE ? A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE Dear viewers, Being a geographer, I think it my utmost duty to explain the CONTINENTS CONTINENTS   A term given to the large landmasses and associated islands on the Earth's surface are generally and geologically SEVEN in number, namely : ASIA AFRICA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ANTARCTICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA please note the following points on how and why geographers, historians and some countries use different meanings of the continents : Geoligically, there are SEVEN continents as mentioned above ANTARCTICA, the world's 5th largest continent is uninhabited, therefore it is mostly ignored ..................that makes SIX continents Geographically, and sometimes the continents are consolidated : Europe and Asia are combined and termed "EURASIA" North America & South America are combined and termed as "AMERICA" Some countries use "Oceania" or Australasia" in place of Australia  The Olympic flag represents the five continents as under : EURASIA AFRICA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA I hope I have given a detailed answer which I gaurantee is authentic. AYAZ  RAZA TREMAZI LECTURER IN GEOGRAPHY KARACHI, PAKISTAN P.S. I will be glad to provide any other information on General knowledge topics Please feel free to contact me  ayaztremazi@hotmail.com     Ayaztremazi Joined on Mon, Oct 23 2006 Karachi Pakistan New Member 02 ayaztremazi