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A continent is one of several large areas of land on Earth, which are identified by convention rather than any strict criteria. The specific areas of land vary, but seven areas are commonly reckoned as continents - they are, in order of size, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
Plate tectonics is the geological theory and study of the movement, collision and division of continents, earlier known as continental drift.
The term "the Continent" (capitalized), used predominantly in the British Isles, means Continental Europe, that is, mainland Europe.