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. Get all the latest news, live updates and content about asia from across the bbc. 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 often subdivided into specific geographic or cultural regions, including east asia, south asia, southeast asia, central asia, north asia, and west asia. The continent that is to the east of europe, the west of the pacific ocean, and the north of the… Asia is one of earth's six continents and the largest in size I t covers an area of 17.18 million square miles (44.5 million km2), representing 30% of the earth's total surface area.
