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- Subclass of
- region
- Part of
- Earth's surface
- Said to be same as
- land
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- opposite of
- body of water
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- Earth science
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- Landmasses
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- Continental landmasses
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thumb|Afro-Eurasia, the largest landmass on Earth
A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land that is in one piece and not noticeably broken up by oceans. The term is often used to refer to lands surrounded by an ocean or sea, such as a continent or a large island. In the field of geology, a landmass is a defined section of continental crust extending above sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “landmass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.