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'''Eurasia''' is the largest land mass on [[Earth]]; it is named such because it encompasses the continents of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].
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Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km² or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface (36.2% of the land area). Often considered a single [[continent]], Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of [[Afro-Eurasia]], whereby Eurasia is joined to [[Africa]] at the [[Isthmus of Suez]].
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Eurasia has almost 4.8 billion people, more than 71% of the world's human population.
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The [[Eurasian Plate]] includes Europe and most of Asia but not the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Arabian Peninsula]] or the area of the Russian Far East east of the [[Chersky Range]].
    
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