Africa Eurasia

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Africa Eurasia
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surface 84,980,532 km²
population 6,000,000,000
Population density 70.6 inhabitants / km²
countries 147
Time zones UTC − 1 ( Cape Verde ) to UTC + 12 ( Russia )

The Great Continent Afro-Eurasia , including Afro-Eurasia , Eurafrasien or Europ Africa Rhodesia called, contains the largest contiguous land mass of the Earth .

In biogeography as well as in the humanities and social sciences , this land mass is preferably referred to as the Old World .

Africa-Eurasia is not the same as East Fortress . This outdated term usually includes a. Australia with one.

General

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Africa-Eurasia is made up of the continents Africa and Eurasia ( Europe and Asia ). With an area of ​​about 85 million square kilometers, Africa-Eurasia covers one sixth of the earth's surface and comprises well over half of all mainland on earth. With a population of 6.1 billion people (as of 2013), the major continent is home to around 87% of the world's population .

Subdivision

As in the case of Eurasia , many scholars in Africa-Eurasia also argue that the subdivision of the “world island” is not justified and is merely a historical and cultural one. Traditionally, the Isthmus of Suez is seen as the border between Africa and Eurasia .

Emergence

From a geological point of view, Africa-Eurasia is relatively young and has existed in its present form for around 20 million years. After the disintegration of the supercontinent Pangea in the Mesozoic , Eurasia and North America belonged to the "northern continent" Laurasia , while Africa was part of the "southern continent" Gondwana (along with South America, Australia, Antarctica and India), two land masses completely separated from each other by the Tethys Ocean . After the disintegration of Gondwana , Africa and India began to move north in the Cretaceous Period, colliding with Eurasia in the Paleogene and Neogene .

The collision between Africa and Europe will cause the Mediterranean Sea to close in around 50 million years and a mountain range comparable to the Himalayas will rise in its place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Foundation for World Population, Info & Service, country database , accessed on January 14, 2011
  2. ^ Houseman, Greg, "Dispersal of Gondwanaland," University of Leeds, accessed January 14, 2011
  3. ^ Future World , Christoph Scotese, Paleomap Project, accessed January 14, 2011