Redigerer Kontinent

[[Fil:Continental_models-no-olympic.gif|mini|320px|[[Amerika]] ([[Nord-Amerika]], [[Sør-Amerika]]), [[Afrika]], [[Eurasia]] ([[Europa]], [[Asia]]), [[Oseania]] (med [[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]), [[Antarktika]]]]
[[Fil:Pangea animation 03.gif|thumb| Animasjon av kontinentenes utvikling]]
Et '''kontinent''' (fra [[latin]] ''terra continens'' &ndash; «sammenhengende land») er et stort, sammenhengende landområde (fastland). Skal ikke forveksles med [[verdensdel]] som også omfatter øyene rundt, og som også handler om kulturell avgrensning; eller med [[kontinentalplate]]r som handler om [[platetektonikk]].

Etter en streng definisjon er det fire kontinenter: [[Afrika-Eurasia]], [[Amerika]], [[Antarktika]] og [[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]. Afrika-Eurasia og Amerika er imidlertid delt nesten i to; de er kun forbundet med smale [[landbru]]er, så derfor er det vanlig å regne seks kontinenter, fra det største til det minste:
* [[Eurasia]]
* [[Afrika]]
* [[Nord-Amerika]]
* [[Sør-Amerika]]
* [[Antarktika]]
* [[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]
I prinsippet er det ikke noe annet enn størrelsen som er forskjell på kontinent og [[øy]]. Australia, det minste kontinentet, er omtrent 3,5 ganger så stort som [[Grønland]], verdens største øy.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
| colspan="8" | [[Fil:Continents_vide_couleurs.png|280px|center]]
|-
| '''4 kontinenter'''<ref name="OU">Océano Uno, Diccionario Enciclopédico y Atlas Mundial, "Continente", page 392, 1730. ISBN 84-494-0188-7</ref><ref name="LCC">Los Cinco Continentes (The Five Continents), Planeta-De Agostini Editions, 1997. ISBN 84-395-6054-0</ref><!-- NOTE: Both references mention ''Oceanía'' instead of ''Australia''. -->|| colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Amerika]]}} || colspan="3" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika-Eurasia]]}} || <small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]|| <small><span style="background: #0040ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Antarktis]]
|-
|'''5 kontinenter''' || colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Amerika]]}} || colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Eurasia]]}} || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]|| <small><span style="background: #0040ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Antarktis]]
|-
|'''5 kontinenter'''<ref name="VanLoon">Van Loon's Geography: The Story of the World We Live In, 1932, Simon and Schuster</ref><ref name="OlympicModel">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080801100423/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1303.pdf ''The Olympic symbols.''] International Olympic Committee. 2002. Lausanne: Olympic Museum and Studies Centre. The five rings of the Olympic logo represent the five inhabited, participating continents  ([http://moscow2001.olympic.org/en/pdf/members_by_continent.pdf Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania] {{Wayback|url=http://moscow2001.olympic.org/en/pdf/members_by_continent.pdf |date=20090324234948 }}); thus, Antarctica is excluded from the flag. Also see [http://www.acnolympic.org Association of National Olympic Committees]: [http://www.acnoa.info] {{Wayback|url=http://www.acnoa.info/ |date=20190422103124 }} [http://www.ocasia.org] {{Wayback|url=http://www.ocasia.org/ |date=20180906180838 }} [http://www.eurolympic.org] [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int@paso.html] [http://www.oceaniasport.com]</ref>|| colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Amerika]]}} || <small><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Asia]] || <small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Europa]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]||	
|-
|'''6 kontinenter'''
|<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Nord-Amerika]]
|<small><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Sør-Amerika]]
| colspan="2" |<small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Eurasia]]
|<small><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika]]
|<small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]
|<small><span style="background: #0040ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Antarktis]]
|-
|'''6 kontinenter'''<ref name="OU" /><ref name="LCC" /><!-- NOTE: Both references mention ''Oceanía'' instead of ''Australia''. -->|| colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Amerika]]}} || <small><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Asia]] || <small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Europa]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]|| <small><span style="background: #0040ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Antarktis]]
|-
|'''7 kontinenter''' || <small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Nord-Amerika]] || <small><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Sør-Amerika]] || <small><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Asia]] || <small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Europa]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Afrika]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Australia (kontinent)|Australia]]|| <small><span style="background: #0040ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Antarktis]]
|-
| '''*''' || colspan="2" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #00cc00;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #008000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Den nye verden]]}} || colspan="3" | {{center|1=<small><span style="background: #c10000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #f33e01;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background: #fed52e;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></small>&nbsp;[[Den gamle verden]]}} ||  || 
|}

== Se også ==
* [[Verdensdel]]
* [[Kontinentaldrift]]
* [[Kontinentet]]

== Referanser ==
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== Eksterne lenker ==
* {{Offisielle lenker}}

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