Summary
Asia is the largest and most populated continent on the planet: more than half of humanity lives there, with countries like China and India, the most populous in the world. It occupies much of the northern hemisphere and borders Europe (from which the Urals separate it), Africa at the Isthmus of Suez, and the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans.
It has the greatest reliefs on Earth: the Himalayas, with Everest, the highest mountain in the world. There are also the Arabian Desert, the huge Siberian plain and rivers such as the Yangtze and the Ganges. It is a region of great diversity of cultures, religions and languages.
Key points
- Asia is the largest continent and the most populated.
- It contains China and India, the most populous countries in the world.
- It borders Europe at the Urals and Africa at the Isthmus of Suez.
- The Himalayas are the highest range; Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
- Great rivers: the Yangtze and the Ganges.
- Huge diversity of cultures, religions and languages.
- It includes very different regions: Siberia, Arabia, Southeast Asia…