SUMMARY

The surface area of the Earth is estimated to be 510,072,000 km² and the area of the Oceans is about 363, 000,000 km².

• All water covers greater than 71% of Earth’s surface.
• Oceans account for over 97% of all the water on Earth.

A continent is a huge area of land mostly separate by a water body. There are seven known continents on the earth today. They are: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Asia

• The largest continent in the world.

Australia

• The smallest continent in the world.

Geographers have divided named the interconnected oceans of the world in to five groups

The Arctic Ocean

• It is the world’s smallest Ocean with an area of 14,056,000 km².

The Pacific Ocean

• By far the world’s largest ocean basin with about 155,557,000 km².