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• plural of continent.

continents

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1. The large parts of the surface of the Earth that rise above sea level. The seven major continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, continents move along piggy-back on the tectonic plates like rafts floating on water.

Continents are made from the lightest rocks in the Earth. Some of these are also the oldest known rocks on Earth, with an age of 3.5 billion years, measured by radioactive dating.

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They’re continents, but they are only in maps that are very secret.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The company has since led trips across six continents with a crew of around 60 captains and chefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

As the equatorial Kelvin wave hits South America, the energy converts into a coastal Kelvin wave, and heads both north and south along the continents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Thus, an observer transported back in time to 11,000 B.C. could not have predicted on which continent human societies would develop most quickly, but could have made a strong case for any of the continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond