Is Europe a continent?

Hi Europeans, I was wondering if Europe is a continent.
I think it is part of the Eurasian continent, but my friend says Europe is a continent in itself.
Please help us out, because we are getting in a big fight over this.

Thanks!!

 

Yes, it stands alone as its own continent

 

Can you provide me with links and/or other proof please?
And I would like to hear some more opinions.

 

It depends on where you are schooled.....so you could both be considered correct depending on what you have been taught.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

 

Thank you, now that is some usefull information!

However, there must be one clear answer so I can settle the argument with my friend.

 

You may have to saw off on this one.


If you were to ask me, then I would say your friend is correct as that is how I was taught and what is the norm for me......but according to the site and infromation, you are also correct in grouping Europe in that way, so it is not a seperate one.....

Maybe you need to just have a beer and settle that you are both brilliant.

 

I think it is not going to be easy like that, because we are both very stubborn.
Although I am willing to accept Europe as a continent, if he is willing to accept Eurasia as a supercontinent.

 

Now that might take two beers?

Good luck if you are both stubborn......I would work on the both brilliant angle with them instead though......

 

Europe is a continent... sorry... but it's a fact, there are exact limits which seperate europe and asia, it's the ural mountains, caspian see, caucasus mountainsa and the black see, eurasia is more a political content of europe because russia has a large part of it in asia but it's capital is in europe so it's considered to be in europe

 

of course, it is a continent! as well as Asia is a continent. Euroasia is just a place, not a continent.

 

Let's start this way... how many continents are there on earth? 7... Europe is one of them... what divides europe from asia is urals,caspian sea,black sea,dardanelles.

 

Eurasia is NOT a place, it is a supercontinent.

 

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to agree on that one, Europe is a continent... But platewise it's on the Eurasian plate

 

Europe is a continent itself, at least thats what ive always been taught.

 

In grammer school we were always taught that europe was incontinent.

 

Europe is a continent but its artificially called so. Like north and south america, there is no real reason, geographically to split them up.