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Europe

Also known as European continent, The Old Continent, European Continent, European Peninsula, Old Continent

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the Turkish straits.

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Europe is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere bordered by the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea, sharing the landmass of Eurasia with Asia and separated from it by geographical features like the Ural Mountains and Black Sea. It is a significant geographical region that forms a distinct cultural and political entity despite being physically connected to the Asian continent.

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Key facts

Continent.demonym: European
Continent.title: Europe
Continent.area: (6th)
Continent.population: (; 3rd)
Continent.density: 72.9/km2 (188/sq mi) (2nd)
Continent.GDP_nominal: $28.22 trillion (2025 est; 3rd)
Continent.GDP_per_capita: $38,270 (2025 est; 3rd)
Continent.HDI: 0.845
Continent.countries: Sovereign (44–50)De facto (2–5)
Continent.dependencies: External (5–6)Internal (3)
Continent.languages: Most common:
Continent.time: UTC−1 to UTC+5
Continent.cities: Largest urban areas:
Continent.m49: 150 – Europe001 – World

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Research

1,783,295 papers

Navigating Europe's sustainable anaesthesia pathway.European journal of anaesthesiology · 2024Kalmar AF, Teunkens A, Rex SDOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001993
Four Athenas - Europe's first female neurosurgeons.ReviewJournal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2021Hernández-Durán S, Kim E, Ivan D et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.01.033
Europe's biotech renaissance.Nature biotechnology · 2020Senior MDOI: 10.1038/s41587-020-0483-6
Europe's cost of living crisis jeopardises medication adherence.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Agh T, van Boven JF, Kardas PDOI: 10.1136/bmj.p747
Europe's HIV-contaminated blood.Nature · 1993DOI: 10.1038/366095a0
Europe's neglected infections of poverty.ReviewInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2011Hotez PJ, Gurwith MDOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.006
Medical Aid in Dying: Europe's Urgent Medico-Ethical Challenge.International journal of public health · 2023Güth U, McMillan S, Battegay EDOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606538
Malaria in Europe: emerging threat or minor nuisance?ReviewClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2016Piperaki ET, Daikos GLDOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.04.023

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: أُورُبِّيَّةٌ
Population: 744094971
Area: 10186000
Image: Europe orthographic Caucasus Urals boundary (with borders).svg

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Stack Exchange tag: opendata.stackexchange.com/tags/europe
Commons gallery: Europe
number of out-of-school children: 9518269
Commons category: Europe
maximum temperature record: 48
P8168: Campe
time of discovery or invention: 1200000-00
P12749: Henrichenburg boat lift
described at URL: wikispooks.com/wiki/Europe
Lemmy instance URL: europe.pub
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Article

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Contents

Etymology
Definition
Contemporary definition
History of the concept
Early history
Modern definitions
History
Prehistory
Classical antiquity
Early Middle Ages
High and Late Middle Ages
Early modern period
18th and 19th centuries
20th century to the present
Geography
Climate
Climate change
Geology
Flora
Fauna
Politics
List of states and territories
Economy
Economic history
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Migration
Languages
Religion
Major cities and urban areas
Culture
Sport
Social dimension
See also
Notes
References
Sources
External links

Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it the second-smallest continent (using the seven-continent model). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states, of which Russia is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about million (about 10% of the world population) in ; the third-largest after Asia and Africa. The European climate is affected by warm Atlantic currents, such as the Gulf Stream, which produce a temperate climate, tempering winters and summers, on much of the continent. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable producing more continental climates.