A new study by Dr. Jordan Phethean, leader at the University of Derby, suggests that Earth has only six continents ... maps may be revised and new information may be provided to the world about ...

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

If you are looking at a traditional world map, you won't get an accurate ... it has more countries than any other continent. Africa is the only continent in the four hemispheres.

The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and ...

The continent contains ... In the past, maps were hand-drawn by using careful measurements of the ground. Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved.