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The larger parts are called continents, the smaller parts are called islands.
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Submerge is a verb. Verbs describe actions.
The thick parts of the Earth's crust that form large land masses are called continents. Continents are made up of a variety of rocks and have different geological features such as mountains, plains, and plateaus. There are currently seven continents on Earth.
What is the continents of asia are really parts of the same land mass?
Continents are the bigger objects within their given space. Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia are the Major Continents of the World. Of these, Australia is both a continent and a Nation, with no other counties on it. All the other six have many nations on them. In short, countries, which are political divisions are parts of continents.
Asia and Europe are parts of one huge land mass called Eurasia. The Ural Mountains traditionally separate the two continents.
When the continents were together it was called "pangea"
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Russia occupies parts of the continents of Asia and Europe.
For the most part, all of the continents are equal in age and were split from larger continents millions of years ago through plate tectonics which keeps surface area moving under and over plates.
A land area that contains two continents is called an isthmus. It serves as a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, separating two bodies of water. Examples include the Isthmus of Panama connecting North and South America, and the Isthmus of Suez connecting Africa and Asia.