| − | '''Eurasia''' is the largest land mass on [[Earth]]; it is named such because it encompasses the continents of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].
| + | 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]]. |