What is the point of continents?

A2A. Continents serve the same purpose as things like Taxonomy, naming planets, organizing your clothing drawer, and variations in kinds of oranges. We have continents in order to separate things that are geographically similar. read more

Continents serve the same purpose as things like Taxonomy, naming planets, organizing your clothing drawer, and variations in kinds of oranges. We have continents in order to separate things that are geographically similar. read more

The Lowest Points On Each Of The World's Continents The Dead Sea, Caspian Sea, and Death Valley are the lowest points in Asia, Europe, and North America, respectively. The salt-brimmed coast of the Dead Sea, earth's lowest exposed point. read more

This break-up created the present continents of India, South America and Africa, all of which then drifted away from each other; preserving, however, their general orientation, i.e., with the “point” directed to the South Pole. read more