What are the seven continents and five oceans in the world?

Asia: Asia

Europe: Europe

Africa: Africa

Latin America: Latin America/South America

North America: North America

Oceania: Oceania

Antarctica: Antarctica

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean: Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean: Arctic Ocean

Antarctic ocean ... Antarctica.

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Five oceans, the general name of global waters. In the past, the water on the earth's surface was divided into five regions, called five oceans. Namely, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean.

1. The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. Including the sea area of 18 1344000 square kilometers, excluding the sea area of 16624 10000 square kilometers, accounting for about13 of the total area of the earth. It extends from the northern boundary of the Antarctic Ocean to the Bering Strait, with latitude 135 and north-south width 15500 km.

2. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world, with an original area of 82210.7 million square kilometers. After the establishment of the Antarctic Ocean, the area was adjusted to 76.762 million square kilometers, with an average depth of 3,627 meters. The deepest Puerto Rico trench is 8605 meters deep.

The Indian Ocean is the third ocean in the world. Located between Asia, Oceania, Africa and Antarctica. Including the sea area of 74 1 1.8 million square kilometers, excluding the sea area of 73.427 million square kilometers, accounting for about 20% of the world's total ocean area.

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest, shallowest and coldest ocean in the world. The Arctic Ocean is roughly centered on the Arctic Circle, located at the northernmost part of the earth, surrounded by the European continent and the North American continent, with a narrow Bering Strait communicating with the Pacific Ocean. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Greenland Sea and many straits, it is the smallest ocean in the world, with an area of only 6.5438+0.5 million square kilometers [654.38+0], less than one tenth of the Pacific Ocean.

5. The Antarctic Ocean, also known as "Antarctic Sea" and "Southern Ocean", is the fifth confirmed ocean in the world and the only ocean that has not been completely surrounded by the mainland.

The seven continents refer to the seven land plates that divide the earth's land, including Asia (Asia), Europe (Europe), North America (North America), South America (South America), Africa (Africa) and Oceania. ?

1. Asia has the largest area, the largest population and the oldest name among the seven continents in the world. Asia is the abbreviation of Asia-Asia, which means "the origin of Oriental Day". According to legend, the name Asia was given by the ancient Phoenicians.

2. North America and South America are collectively called America, and America is the abbreviation of America. The name America is said to commemorate a famous navigator named Amerigo Weiss Pucci in Florence.

3. The origin of Latin American names Latin America is the general name of the southern United States, including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Why do you associate this large area of the United States with the word Latin? It turns out that since the end of 15, most countries in this region have successively become colonies of Spain and Portugal, and a large number of immigrants have poured in.

Africa is short for Africa. The origin of the word Africa. There are many interesting legends. According to one legend, in ancient times, a Yemeni chief named Avril Ku invaded North Africa in 2000 BC and established a city named Afriyie there. Later, people called this large area Africa.

5. Oceania means land in the ocean. Generally speaking, it refers to most islands in the Pacific Ocean, but in a narrow sense, it also refers to Australia and New Zealand, Polynesia in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Micronesia in the middle and Melanesia in the west.

6. Antarctica, known as the "seventh continent in the world", is called Antarctica in English, which comes from the Greek word anti (in turn), plus the North Pole, which means the opposite of the North Pole, that is, the South Pole. ?

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Baidu Encyclopedia _ Seven continents?

? Baidu Encyclopedia _ Five Oceans