Facts about Asia- An Introduction to the World’s Largest  Continent

 Facts about Asia, the world’s largest continent 

The world has been divided into the seven continents and among them, Asia has been considered the most important due to its size, population, economy, geographical factor etc. The continent is abided with the greatest diversity in consideration of physical terms, climate, vegetation, wildlife, and people. Have we ever thought why we call Asia as Asia or maybe from where the word Asia comes from? The word ‘Asia’ is derived from the Hibru language word ‘ASU’ meaning ‘the rising sun’.

Important facts about Asia 

Asia covers almost 30% of the land surface area of the world with 44.6 sq km area along with containing 60% of the world population with 4,299 million people emerging as the largest and most populous continent. Let’s put an insight on important geographical highlights of Asia –

  Asia contains the highest peak Mountain Everest (8850) as well as the lowest point on earth that is the Dead Sea (396.8m below sea level).

 Asia has the coldest place on earth; it’s a high ridge lying between Dome Argus and Dome Fuji located in the East Antartic Plateau.

The world’s highest average rainfall place Mawsynram near Cherrapunji (India) getting the highest rainfall of 11,873 mm lays in the continent of Asia

 Asia also contains the world’s largest, deepest (1637m) and oldest freshwater lake i.e. Lake Baikal (Russia).

The largest delta i.e. Sunderbans is also an integral part of Asia.

    Asia sustained the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamian Civilizations, Indus Civilization and the Chinese Civilization in its fertile river valleys.

 The major religions of the world are considered to be born in the mainland of Asia such as Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Shintoism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism

 The coordinates of latitudes and longitudes between which Asia lies are –

1.Latitudes: 10⁰S to 80⁰ N latitudes

2.Longitudes: almost entirely eastern Hemisphere covering 25⁰E to 170⁰E longitudes.

  1. The Arctic Ocean in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south bounds the continent of Asia from three sides.
  2. The Low Yural Mountains, the Yural River and the Caspian Sea in the Western region separate Asia from Europe.
  3. The Red Sea and Suez Canal separate Asia from Africa.
  4. Asia is separated by the Bering Strait in the North east region from North America.
  5. Asia being the largest continent in the world contributes to the fullest in terms of economy, agriculture, naturalresources, culture, religion etc. on one side where it’s the land of several nations with severaldiversities, the other side is home to different types of the population including animals and humans as well. It is the continent enriched with major natural resources and cultural resources.

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