How The Continents Are Actually Divided

Have you ever questioned how many continents are really there? This is a common issue and it has something to do with the way we were taught geography at school. It turns out continents are divided in an arbitrary way which changes from region to region, and in this video I'll explain all those differences.
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[@Gumballcom37]

Here in Russia, we use the 6 continent model (Eurasia is one contingent) and I got a B on a test once for saying that Europe and Asia are seperate continents.

[@TheMNHShow]

It doesn’t help that your country is like 50% of Eurasia

[@ultimateme3049]

I knew it, it never made sense to me that Asia and Europe were considered separated

[@thegreenlandshark6086]

In some English speaking countries, the term Oceania is still used in the seven continent model. In New Zealand, I learned Oceania as a continent.

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[@TrainerJames88]

This video was really cool. The 7 continent model is how I know it being an American. I didn't know the 4 model structure was a thing

[@Unraveled]

And there were even more! those were only the most common.

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[@tatvamkrishnam6691]

4:35 8 continental model with tectonic plates as base more apt. 1. Bharathiya continent 2. Eurasia continent 3. Africa continent 4. Ruusamerican continent 5. South American continent 6. Middle eastern continent 7. Oceania continent 8. Antartican continent

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[@Unraveled]

Hey, thanks a lot! I'm both I think, I had the basics in college but practiced more on my own.

[@mvd4436]

Very interesting. Please do a video on the sub continents like the middle east vs Asia.

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There's lot of hard work has been put into making these videos..it deserves more viewship..I'd say you're doing everything right...the animation is engaging your voice is clear enough..I'd say rather than a simple title and thumbnail you should really make it different..in the sense it should resemble the core content also it should stand out... anyway the video is great..good luck to you...

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[@aigeneratedwauigi2696]

I like the soviet union one as it fits most in geography

[@oneofthesixbillion]

I grew up with the seven continent model, but I never liked it. I would make Eurasia one continent. I'd use Europe and Asia as regions of Eurasia. I'd include pacific islands with Australia as Oceania, and I wouldn't ignore Antarctica, so I vote for six.

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[@Unraveled]

Hey, thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it

[@RedZeppelin1968]

Great video, I grew up with the 7 continent model but I like these better: - 6 continent model #2 - I've always found the Europe-Asia border to be unsatisfying geographically. -5 Continent Model #2- Not mentioned in the video, (Africa, Eurasia, Oceania, America, Antarctica). I like this model because it condenses both the Americas and Eurasia (which each of the 6 continent models selectively do). The problem that makes it hard for me to fully commit to this is that I feel like if we combine the Americas due to panama isthmus, then why aren't we combining Africa to Eurasia due to the Sinai isthmus. -4 Continent Model- I find this one really appealing in that it sticks to one defining characteristic (A huge landmass) and just rides it out. Only problem is that Afroeurasia is so BIG. In general I like the idea of restricting the term continent to a purely physical geography concept, where continents are mutually exclusive landmasses that divide up the world. This doesn't remove all arbitrarness (how big for a landmass to be a continent) but does limit it. I think cultural boundaries are already much better described by Regions like "The Middle East", "The Anglosphere", "Latin America" etc. These commonly overlap because culture is much more amorphous and most people identify with more than one group (be it a linguistic group, religious group, political group etc).

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[@Unraveled]

Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it.

[@JibbleBiscuits]

I use the 7 continent model but with Oceania

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Nice vid!

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I agree in everything you said, because we're talking about all the world, and eventually somebody will desagree with us, the answer it's just that everybody and nobody is correct, at the same time. Btw i love your accent, i think it is so exotic 😳

[@Unraveled]

Thanks! Glad you agree to disagree with everyone everywhere.

[@Hadi73142]

I would say 3. Even 2 America, afro-eur-australasia and Antarctica

[@dopethenerd]

I love the knowledge in the video but I wish the continents on the map where in their scale sizes instead of the media approved version

[@Unraveled]

I made another video about that, check "How Maps Lie to You" if you want to hear my take about that 😉

[@derekhiemforth]

Love the video! My own (radical) take is that there are two continents. I think a visitor from another planet who came here would intuitively see two big, connected land areas, and a bunch of increasingly-smaller pieces of land. Afro-Eurasia and America are the two continents, and on that scale, Australia and Antarctica would be giant islands instead of continents. :)

[@Unraveled]

Don't tell that to Australians!

[@derekhiemforth]

@@Unraveled Fair enough! 🤣

[@sudsies1283]

@@derekhiemforth As an Australian, I am supremely offended. As a fan of radical continental opinions, I'm thrilled!

[@Omnibuul2.0]

Here in my country we use TWO versions sometimes the North.A,South.A,Africa,Europe,Asia, Oceania and Antarctica but sometimes the Eurasia version

[@Unraveled]

I think it would be best if they just teach that there are different versions and what they are

[@AndrewChumKaser]

I could argue there are a measly *two.* Australia and the rest are too small, just a bunch of big Islands. Same with Antarctica, which isn't even really one island anyway assuming you don't count its ice. That leaves the two big continents, afro-eroasia, and america. Two main big continents with bundles of semi-connected and semi separated land masses we call islands, or maybe just small continents. Dwarf continents maybe...? But hey, that's just one idea.

[@erozionzeall6371]

Or its just the world island and bunch of smaller islands around it.

[@Elmo_000]

There is a continental model of 8 continents North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Antarctica

[@katjerouac]

no there isn’t Central America 🇬🇹🇳🇮🇭🇳🇸🇻 is not a continent. there is no model where central america is a continent. That is just a name for the lower isthmus of North America (I am central american) it would make no sense because in your model, Saudi peninsula is a continent, India is a continent, Greenland is a continent and all the subcontinent in Oceania are continents.

[@wyattscott4208]

The 6-continent geological model wouldn't exactly work either. A portion of eastern Russia and northern Japan sit on the North American plate.

[@Parth-gx1nw]

So basically China and Spain are on the same continent. Intresting

[@Mayhem12345]

I'm from Romania (Eastern Europe) and we don't go by the "6 but different" model. We are taught in school that there are 7 continents. North America, South (Latin) America, Europe that is linked to Asia, but there are 2 different continents, not one, because they are divided by an invisible line, Africa, Australia (yes, not Oceania, but Australia) and then Antarctica, which most of people even forget that it exists, but we know there are 7 of them. So yeah, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica, exactly 7, and this is taught in school throughout the entire country. I don't know about the other Eastern European countries out there (if any fellow Eastern Europeans see this comment, let me know about your country), but here in Romania, we are taught that there are 7 of them. What we are confused about is if The Arabian peninsula is part of Africa or Asia or both. Some say it's part of Africa, others say it's part of Asia, others say it's part of both, and others say it's it's own thing. I personally like the thought of Afroeurasia, The Americas (as one continent), Oceania and Antarctica, so, yeah, the idea of only 4 continents existing, because basically a continent needs to be divided by a big ocean. But that's just my opinion, which doesn't really matter or change anything. And by the way, the map we all know is actually wrong, because Greenland is not actually as big as is depicted and it's roughly the same size as Madagascar or maybe a bit larger (correct me if I'm wrong, cuz I might be), but not the same size as Africa, or larger than Australia. This map tends to shrink everything in the middle and enlarge everything in the upper and lower parts. That's why Greenland and Africa appear to have roughly the same size, while in reality, Greenland is smaller than even some African countries. If we look at Greenland, it's larger than South America, Africa and Australia, but in reality is much smaller than all 3 of them, that's why is an island and not a continent in it's own. Anyway, this was my ranting, if you read till the end, thanks for listening haha, have a nice day!

[@Unraveled]

Loved your comment, it was nice to hear how it is in Romania. About the size of countries in maps, I actually made a video about it, you can go to my channel and look for “how maps lie to you” and I explain why is that, and other different interpretations of maps. I appreciate your comment and hope you liked the video!

[@elviragarcia3258]

Since I was litle childrem, was 5 continents..

[@sdubs]

if we remove all the water on the earth, it's just all one big continent, or land, or huge rock. The water makes it seem like there are different "lands" but it's all connected underneath, and so the "Continents" are just simply land that rises above the surface of water.

[@Limogi]

The world is like a skull, with joints/joins.

[@melonenkingsnake]

so In germany they told me In my School that the country australia is a continent and the countries around are southeast asian countries

[@Desertfox18]

countries in the north of Australia are Southeast Asian countries, while Australia itself and countries in the south and east are Oceanic countries.

[@shadmanhasan4205]

Wait.... is "Central America" a part of North or South? Edit: And this is why Both my History AND my Geography Profs hated the notion of "Social Studies" ... since 1 thing's related to Politics + Society, and the other with Physical Sciences

[@tammya.9827]

Good question..!

[@Zymo3614]

North America

[@_.STDF._]

Depends, in the anglo system in north america but in the greco-latin system its just a region of the american continent, its like saying "easter europe" or "west africa"

[@inhumanhyena]

Good video but if you use the tectonic model, the African continent includes part of so-called "West Asia". Also if we are to join Arabia to a continent afterwards, it should be Africa from an ethno-linguistic perspective, not Eurasia.

[@elviragarcia3258]

For me was and is 5 ( five) continent.

[@sachmo0196]

Ok, that explains alot! Neither right or wrong. My son say's Europe is a continent, I say no, it's Asia (Eurasia?). Sep by water mass and prior techtonic plates (India was, then smashed into Asia). In the end, it is "ones" perception, neither right or wrong. :)

[@JH_DobleC]

I learned the traditional model, but by location of imaginary lines America would be divided into three regions, and something similar happens in Europe and Europe is separated from Asia.

[@Ashrafkhan-vo1de]

I'LL JUST TELL SOMETHING WITH THE LIBERTY.. BEING A CRICKET FAN.. WHENEVER A MATCH BEING PLAYED IN ASIA YOU CAN MAKE CRICKET PITCH THE WAY YOU WANT... IN AUSTRALIA PITCHES ARE FAST... IN EUROPE PITCH GIVES SWING... IN AMERICA (WEST INDIES) IT'S SLOW AND IN AFRICA IT'S UNPREDICTABLE

[@smoothbeak]

Happy to say that I know less now than when I started the video :P

[@ZBTPZT1996]

You save my live

[@christophersoo]

i just feel like asia is a bit too big to be its own continent and i feel like it should be split

[@amandatl]

I never imagined Green Land as being part of North America but what do I know? LOL. It makes sense based on the breakdown. ☺️

[@elviragarcia3258]

Australia is into the asia continent. America from Alaska till Argentina IS America ( Nort, Center and Sud.)

[@katjerouac]

No. it is only North America and South America.

[@elviragarcia3258]

Allways in sports competicion are 5 VIRCULS

[@HintzeDarrin]

How come we as humans divide the earth into seven continents when we could divide the continents into Americas Africa-Eurasia Oceania Antarctica 4 continents by the way America is not just the US That are maps that carbine the seven continents into 4 continents

[@jamal_google_alajmi.]

Europe is apart of asia

[@dvrocha]

So... In school I always learned that the continents were: - North America - Central America - South America - Europe - Africa - Asia - Oceania - Antarctica ... so 8?

[@Unraveled]

That was more or less how I was taught too. Except America as a whole continent and it was divided into 3 subcontinents, or cultural regions or whatever, it was many many years ago.

[@underdogtv2855]

Central America ,Middle East and Eurasia i was thought were subcontinent's ,

[@Maps_and_birds]

Just gunna say that I’m disliking because he counted the borders of lakes but not the Caspian Sea when it is technically a lake but at least he knows it’s called Oceania

[@DavidChrisCastillo-im1wg]

America beginning with Mexico down south including central america belongs with south america, not with north america. Even many mexicans call united states of american populations north americans, so even they don't consider themselves north americans. So, i take them at their word. Also, the culture is just so different between canada & usa which are similar vs mexico with several central & south american nations which are more similar. Mexico & central america (latin america) should be the same color as south america, not north america. Also, several business mention usa & Canada, but never mention Mexico or any other central american nation.

[@evamamani9026]

In china is 5 continents : asia america africa europe oceania not 7 🤨Based on the Olympic Games and the United Nations, made up of 193 countries, created in the United States, San Francisco, also countries like : Indonesia, Vietnam, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey and other countries.

[@burner555]

So they don't recognize Antarctica as a continent?

[@evamamani9026]

​@@burner555Antarctica is not counted here in China

[@burner555]

@@evamamani9026 is there a reason for that

[@evamamani9026]

​@@burner555In the countries that you mention, in addition to using 5, they also use 6 plus artarctica, although they didn't teach it to me, I tell it the same way.😊

[@evamamani9026]

​@@burner555 eurasia only used 17 coutries while my model is used by more than 40 countries in the world.😊

[@randomlyselected8998]

I think number 4 is the correct one

[@randomlyselected8998]

However America has a small river and so does Africa so separating those makes a bit of sense however Europe is just a peninsula of Asia.

[@randomlyselected8998]

Oh the plate theory is actually really smart

[@NicholasPadilha]

There's a war about the Americas being separated or not bc English speaking countries learn the 7 continent model while the LATAM learn the traditional. It's whole lotta fun 😂😱

[@Unraveled]

It is!

[@gyanndtdfstudio8285]

America would be called the united America's

[@elviragarcia3258]

Who and why For instance america was divafed ( America is just ONE,

[@tallenpelegrin7026]

I agree, the Russians and Japanese are at least more right than any of the others.

[@standsout2223]

Please tell “African American” they can’t be from two 😂😂

[@Zzyzzyx]

Greenland isn't huge. It's smaller than Mexico. Just sayin'.

[@remyd8767]

Just because something is smaller than Mexico doesn't mean it's not huge. Mexico is gigantic

[@Zzyzzyx]

@@remyd8767 My point is that Greenland is not even close to being huge enough to be considered a continent. Mexico is a big country - not a gigantic country, like Russia or China. Europe is a very small continent, if you consider it a continent, and it is still five times bigger than Mexico. Greenland only appears "huge" on Mercator maps.

[@remyd8767]

@@Zzyzzyx not sure what on what basis you're judging a country's size. But there almost 200 countries in the world, and most of them are small.

[@Zzyzzyx]

@@remyd8767 Yes, most of them are small. Most of the ones that aren't small are medium or big. Only the really huge ones are huge. The word "huge" has a connotation of exception. I'd say you have to be in the top 5 or 6 to be considered "huge."

[@Steve-zc9ht]

I think Europe and Asia should stay there own continent because they both are completely different race Europeans are white and Asia is Asians and plus cultural differences

[@MrCoconutv3]

that also means breaking up asia into several distinct continents dumbo and southern europeans are genetically identical to middle easterners

[@Steve-zc9ht]

@@MrCoconutv3 well no you don't if Europe was apart of asia what would we call them

[@MrCoconutv3]

@@Steve-zc9ht western asians

[@Limogi]

Continents have nothing to do with the people who live there. 😣

[@mariovallarta7933]

So you could argue that Canadians and Mexicans are also North Americans?

[@Unraveled]

If you want to start a fight, heck yeah.

[@aldairt4899]

That’s what we learned in school in the US..? Is it not taught like that in places?

[@carlosalejandroguerrarodri5641]

Only the americans think, that they are the only northamerican, they don't have enough with call themselves americans, they even percieve themselves also as northamericans, and that is actually wrong

[@Limogi]

Exactly. That is what we (who don't live in rhe USA) learn. Don't you? Oh, i forgot , the US is the world, according to the US.

[@korelamerikano]

@Westpoint I believe that they think that North Americans are only Canadians and themselves because of culture and language. They do not think of Mexico or Central America to be something "North American" but Latin American or something else.

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

Who Cares???? Lol