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Eurasia

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Eurasia

Eurasia (eng. Eurasia) - the largest of the continents, with an area of ​​54.9 million km² and a population of approx. 5 billion, consisting of two parts: western - Europe and eastern - Asia.

An example of a Eurasian journey within one country is the Russian journey Trans-Siberian Railway from the capital Russia, Moscow (Europe) c Vladivostok (Asia - Far East). The train covers this route, which is 9300 km long, in 6 days. Using a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the so-called The Trans-Mongol line can also take you to the capital Mongolia – Ulan Batoruand even to the capital China - Beijing.
Another example of this type of journey would be the land combined trip from Europe to India (New Delhi) by Turkey (Istanbul, Erzurum, Dogubeyazit), Iran (Tabriz, Tehran, Kerman, Zahedan), Pakistan ( Quetta, Lahore). The description of this tour in English can be found here: Istanbul is New Delhi over land.

Red Square in Moscow
Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai
Beijing forbidden city
View of Paris from the Eiffel Tower
The Colosseum in Rome

Division

The problem of the division into Europe and Asia is not easy, especially where there are no clear natural boundaries. Currently, it is most often assumed that this border runs along the eastern foothills of the Urals, the Emba River, the northern coast of the Caspian Sea, the Kumsko-Manycki Depression to the mouth of the Don into the Sea of ​​Azov, further along the Kerch Strait, through the Black Sea, the Bosphorus, the Sea of ​​Marmara, the Dardanelles , to the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea. Various sources indicate the different course of the border, and the only commonly accepted elements are the Ural mountains and the Bosphorus.

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