ORG_0000047 - continent

Label

continent

Sub class of

ORG_0000045 - geographic region

Definition

One of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).

Definition source

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/continent

Example

Asia, Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa, and Oceania are the continents

Editor’s note

Should define 7 named individuals and then this class is explicitly defined

Similar term in VIVO 1 Ontology

http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Continent

Term editor

Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447