Top 10 con­ti­nents facts

Australia is practically the only developed country not using electricity (indigenous or imported) from nuclear energy. Australia's abundance of cheap coal, conveniently located to population centers, has ruled nuclear energy out of contention on economic grounds. There are nuclear power plants on all other continents, including South America (Brazil, Argentina) and Africa (South Africa).

Australia. This is Australia map, with north at the bottom side.

Australia. Three smallest continents: Australia (8 million km2), Europe (10 million km 2) and Antarctica (14 million km2)

Africa. Three largest continents: Asia (44 million km2), Africa (30 million km2), North America (24 million km2)

Africa. This map of Africa is rotated so the continent shape resembles Australia.

Those living in subarctic climate. Since North America and Asia had been connected by the Bering land bridge, a number of animal and plant species were able to colonize both continents. Today, similar species are distributed throughout the taiga biome on both continents.

Africa and South America. Bacause of the ongoing spreading of the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and South America (just like Europe and North America) are moving away from each other at the rate of about 3 centimeters (1,2 inch) per year.

One. There is only one such sea - the Mediterranean Sea, which touches Europe, Asia and Africa.

South America. Data from 2010: South America 350 million, North America 560 million, Europe 720 million, Africa 980 million

Around 14 km. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa by 7.7 nautical miles (14.3 km) at the strait's narrowest point. Ferries cross between the two continents every day in as little as 35 minutes.