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You are referring to Australia. Oceania is the same thing, but includes all of the islands between North America and Japan.
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Is a continent a body of water?
No, a continent is a land mass.
What is known as an island continent?
Australia is known as an island continent because it meets the criteria of being the largest landmass in a single continent and surrounded by water, such as the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Tasman Sea.
How is a continent different from an ocean?
Because an ocean is a body of water, and a continent is land
An example of land that is smaller than a continent and is surrounded by water?
An example of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water is an island, like Hawaii or Singapore. Islands are bodies of land that are completely surrounded by water, whether it be an ocean, sea, or lake. These can vary in size, from tiny atolls to larger land masses.
What continent has water surround it?
Australia.
What continent is water found in?
There's water on all the continents.
Is the Indian Ocean a continent?
The Indian Ocean is a body of water, a continent is a land mass.
What is the edge of continent called?
The edge of a continent is called the continental shelf. It is the submerged part of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope where the ocean floor drops off sharply.
What two large water found in continent?
It would be nice to know if I knew what continent.
What is the water cycle in Antarctica like?
The Antarctic continent is the driest continent on earth with about five percent humidity. Ninety-eight percent of the continent is covered with frozen water. The Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent is sea water that freezes in the winter. It connects with the ice sheet that covers the land and essentially doubles the size of the continent. Most of the sea ice melts in summer.
What benefits do the surrounding water bodies to the African continent?
transportation.people moves from one african continent
What are advantages of shipping cargo by water?
You can import/export massive amounts of goods from continent to continent.
