Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europe's borders. Physically and geologically, Europe is a subcontinent or large peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia and west of Asia.

Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and–according to the traditional geographic definition–to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea, and the Caucasus Mountains (in Caucasia). Europe's eastern frontier is vague, but has traditionally been given as the divide of the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea to the southeast. The Urals are considered by most to be a geographical and tectonic landmark separating Asia from Europe.

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,390,000 square kilometres (4,010,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface. The only continent smaller is Australia. In terms of population, it is the third-largest continent (Asia and Africa are larger) with a population of more than 710,000,000, or about 11% of the world's population.

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@alexsvocals woah that's pretty awesome! I have never been outside of the US, I really want togo see europe though!
yelyahvocals (Hayley's Vocals) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:56:44 -0000
@alexsvocals woah that's pretty awesome! I have never been outside of the US, I really want togo see europe though!
RT @PetraKhan: I love ikea it's the closest thing to europe we have in Oregon. No joke.
Geida_fashion (Geida) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:56:31 -0000
RT @PetraKhan: I love ikea it's the closest thing to europe we have in Oregon. No joke.
Ireland's marching back into the bronze age: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/02/ireland.blasphemy.law/index.html
DanielLibit (Daniel Libit) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:56:05 -0000
Ireland's marching back into the bronze age: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/02/ireland.blasphemy.law/index.html
@caitrinRENT Good. Next we move onto the Ukraine. They have large oil stores, and control most of the energy for western europe.
SpiderPope (Ozymandias) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:56:03 -0000
@caitrinRENT Good. Next we move onto the Ukraine. They have large oil stores, and control most of the energy for western europe.
@ANAYANKOVA BTW I am not singing online because it would destroy the country and probably the rest of europe
enthousiasmeur (Marcel Jongmans) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:55:36 -0000
@ANAYANKOVA BTW I am not singing online because it would destroy the country and probably the rest of europe
fuuuuuck...I want to go to Europe. like now.
sarahfinn09 (Sarah Finn) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:53:39 -0000
fuuuuuck...I want to go to Europe. like now.

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