Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, and is subject overall to the world’s widest climatic extremes. It is bounded on the east by the pacific ocean, on the south by the indian ocean, and on the north by the arctic ocean Asia is subdivided into 49 countries, five of which (georgia, azerbaijan, russia, kazakhstan, and turkey) are transcontinental countries lying partly in europe. Asia is a vast continent that accounts for about 30% of the earth's total land area It is bordered by the arctic ocean to the north, the pacific ocean to the east, the indian ocean and oceania to the south, and europe and africa to the west. Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, covering approximately 30 percent of the earth’s land area
It is also the world’s most populous continent, with roughly 60 percent of the global population. Asia is divided into five major regions Central, east, south, southeast, and western asia, plus north asia, covering siberia. Index of asian countries, states, and regions, with population figures, capital cities, and maps. Asia is the largest of the 7 continents There are 48 countries in asia
The main religions include buddhism, hinduism, taoism, jainism, christianity, and shintoism The largest cities of asia are tokyo, seoul, jakarta, dehli, mumbai, manila, and shanghai. It is common practice in geographic literature to divide asia into large regions, each grouping together a number of countries.
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