Earth:Landmass

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Short description: Large area of land


An image of Antarctica differentiating its landmass (dark grey) from its ice shelves (minimum extent, light grey, and maximum extent, white)

A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land that is in one piece and not broken up by oceans.[1][2] The term is often used to refer to lands surrounded by an ocean or sea, such as a continent or a large island.[3][4] In the field of geology, a landmass is a defined section of continental crust extending above sea level.[5]

Continents are often thought of as distinct landmasses and may include any islands that are part of the associated continental shelf. When multiple continents form a single contiguous land connection, the connected continents may be viewed as a single landmass. Earth's largest landmasses are (starting with largest):[6][7][8]

  1. Afro-Eurasia (main landmass of the geoscheme region of the same name and its continental parts Africa and Eurasia - or Europe and Asia; the center of Earth's land hemisphere, comprising more than half of Earth's landmass)
  2. Americas (main landmass of the geo-region of the same name and its continental parts North and South America; comprising most of the landmass of the Western Hemisphere)
  3. Antarctica (main landmass of the geo-region and continent of the same name)
  4. Mainland Australia (main landmass of the geo-region Oceania, its sub-region Australasia, the continent Australia and the country Australia )

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Landmass". Cambridge.org Dictionary. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/landmass. 
  2. ↑ "Landmass". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. 
  3. ↑ Cook, Peter J.; Carleton, Chris M., eds (9 November 2000). Continental Shelf Limits: The Scientific and Legal Interface. Oxford University Press. p. 298. doi:10.1093/oso/9780195117820.001.0001. ISBN 9780197561218. https://books.google.com/books?id=ABVfvyi-8IAC&dq=continent+island+landmass&pg=PA298. 
  4. ↑ Nijman, Jan; Muller, Peter O.; de Blij, H.J. (2017). "Introduction". Regions: Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts (17th ed.). Wiley. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-119-30189-9. 
  5. ↑ "Landmass". Dictionary.com, LLC. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/landmass?s=t. 
  6. ↑ Dempsey, Caitlin (2013-10-15). "Geography Facts about the World's Continents". https://www.geographyrealm.com/continents/. 
  7. ↑ Dunn, Ross E.; Mitchell, Laura J.; Ward, Kerry (23 August 2016). The New World History: A Field Guide for Teachers and Researchers. University of California Press. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-0-520-28989-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=-aowDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA232. 
  8. ↑ R.W. McColl, ed (2005). "continents". Encyclopedia of World Geography. 1. Facts on File, Inc.. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8160-7229-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=DJgnebGbAB8C&pg=PA215. Retrieved 25 August 2022. "And since Africa and Asia are connected at the Suez Peninsula, Europe, Africa, and Asia are sometimes combined as Afro-Eurasia or Eurafrasia. The International Olympic Committee's official flag, containing [...] the single continent of America (North and South America being connected as the Isthmus of Panama).". 

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