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What is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level?
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What is the land above sea level called?
continent
What continent has the lowest point?
The lowest point on land is the shoreline of the Dead Sea which is 1,341 metres below sea level. The Dead Sea is in Asia.
What continent is highest in altitude and is lowest below sea level?
The highest altitude, Mt Everest, and the lowest land area, the Dead Sea, are both in Asia.
What are the two continets in the world with the largest land areas?
The two continents with the largest land areas are Asia and Africa. Asia is the largest continent, covering approximately 30% of the Earth's land area, while Africa is the second-largest continent, covering about 20% of the Earth's land area.
What is the only continent that has no land below sea level?
It is generally assumed that Antarctica has no surface locations below sea level. This is because any area that is below sea level has been filled in and covered by ice. However, there is a coastal area of the rocky Vestfold Hills in coastal Antarctica which has valleys below sea level, as low as -50 meters (150 feet). (These mountains are south of the Indian Ocean, due south of westernmost India.)
Is there a continent that does not have land areas below sea level?
No.
Does Antarctica have land areas below sea level?
Most of the continent is above sea level. However, under the polar ice sheet there is land that is below sea level.
Why is being below sea level for land areas a problem?
beacause there is a big instance that below sea level area will experience floods
What are the areas of land in Netherlands that have been reclaimed from below sea level called?
polders
Is the land covered by ice in Antarctica a sunken continent?
Some of Antarctica is below sea level, notably the continent beneath the South Pole. The ice is nearly two miles thick and the base of the ice could be below sea level.
What are all of the continent's land areas?
Asia
Where are there really big land areas in Australia?
Australia is a land area; it is a continent.
On what continent can these countries with the largest land areas in the world be found?
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How many islands make up Antarctica?
Antarctica is a continent of approximately 14,000,000 sq km. The Transantarctic Mountains divide Antarctica into east and west. East Antarctica constitutes the bulk of the land mass and is the oldest part of the continent. West Antarctica is the newer and smaller area which includes the Antarctic Peninsula and consists of four land areas separated by deep water.
What is the land above sea level called?
continent
What continent has the lowest point?
The lowest point on land is the shoreline of the Dead Sea which is 1,341 metres below sea level. The Dead Sea is in Asia.
What continent is highest in altitude and is lowest below sea level?
The highest altitude, Mt Everest, and the lowest land area, the Dead Sea, are both in Asia.
