EUROPE INTRODUCTION:

 Latitude: 34˚ 51’N 81˚47’N

Longitude: 24˚ 33’ W to 69˚03’E

Population: 60 corers

Area: 1, 04, 98,000 sq. km.

North – south extent: 4300 km

East – west extent: 5600 km

Size: second smallest continent in the world in area, after Australia.

Situation: Europe is situated between Ural Mountains in the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the west, in the wet of Asia, and north of Africa,. To the north of Europe lies Arctic Ocean, to the south lies the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains and to the East Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea.

Europe and Asia as one common landmass, is known as ‘Eurasia’.

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES

SOUTH AMERICA INTRODUCTION:

 Latitude: 12˚28’ N to 55˚ 59’ S

Longitude: 28 51 W to 92 W   

Area: 1, 78, 35,000 – sq.km. (Approximately)

Size and a shape: fourth largest continent and roughly triangular in shape.

 Situation: situated to the south of North America, mostly in the southern hemisphere. It is 

surrounded by the Caribbean seal in the north. Atlantic Ocean in the east, Antarctic Ocean in the south and Pacific Ocean in the west.

Extent: north – south: 7640 km east- west: 4990 km

South American as well as Mexico, Central America and West Indies are collectively known as Latin America.

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela and French Guiana (of France).

BOLIVIA

Area: 10, 98, 580 sq. km

Latitude: 9˚40’ - 22˚ 40’S

Population: 8.1 million

Longitude: 57˚ 30’ - 69˚ 40’S

Capital: La Paz (administrative) and surrey (judicial)

Situation: landlocked country of South America

CA PAZ

Lying in the valley of La Paz, it is the world’s highest capital.

PARAGUAY