Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania (which includes Australia and New Zealand), and Antarctica. Each ...

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These two continents are connected by land, so some countries naturally fall into both. Other transcontinental countries may lie between Africa and Asia, Asia and Oceania, or North and South America.

As a rift zone (left) starts stretching apart a continent, it begins to influence the convection of material in the mantle (arrows at bottom left). Volcanic activity (denoted by the red vertical ...