Antarctica has the most water by mass, as it contains about 61% of all fresh water on Earth in the form of ice. If considering surface area, Asia has the highest total area covered by water due to its extensive Coastlines and numerous inland bodies of water.
An island continent is a continent that is entirely surrounded by water and is composed mostly of one or more large islands. Australia is an example of an island continent, as it is both a continent and a large landmass surrounded by the ocean.
The continent of Africa has more countries than any other continent.
The part of the continent covered by water is called the continental shelf. It is the underwater extension of a continent that slopes gradually from the shore into the ocean.
Technically, a continent is an island. Nonetheless, Australia is a continent.
By geographic convention, a continent is a continent and NOT an island. Therefore, Greenland is the largest island in the world (as part of North America) and Australia is a continent.
Antarctica
An island continent is a continent that is entirely surrounded by water and is composed mostly of one or more large islands. Australia is an example of an island continent, as it is both a continent and a large landmass surrounded by the ocean.
Obviously not. The plactic is very slim the water takes up a very big continent of it.
Antarctica
Asia
No, a continent is a land mass.
The continent of Africa has more countries than any other continent.
The world, as far as we know it has always had land on it, although Pangea is said to be the first continent, there was many more super-continents before that.
The part of the continent covered by water is called the continental shelf. It is the underwater extension of a continent that slopes gradually from the shore into the ocean.
Technically, a continent is an island. Nonetheless, Australia is a continent.
By geographic convention, a continent is a continent and NOT an island. Therefore, Greenland is the largest island in the world (as part of North America) and Australia is a continent.
More than half, about 70% of the earth's fresh water is stored in Antarctica's ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent. As to why, the answer is that the formation of ice from fresh water is most prolific on the continent of Antarctica. This process has taken place for millenia.