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On a map, different colours are used to display different landforms. In the

world map given here, the earth’s surface covered with water is shown in
blue colour and its land surface has been shown in yellow colour.

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NORTH Ga g
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ATLANTIC NORTH
NORTH OCEAN Niger N PACIFIC
PACIFIC AFRICA ile OCEAN v A book of maps
OCEAN
C on go is called an atlas .
Equator Equator
Am azon INDIAN OCEAN
SOUTH
AMERICA SOUTH
ATLANTIC
SOUTH Paran a OCEAN AUSTRALIA
PACIFIC l g SOUTH
OCEAN Dari n PACIFIC
Murray OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Not to scale ANTARETICA
Oceans and Continents
About three-fourth of the earth’s surface is covered with water. Very large

water bodies are called oceans. There are five oceans in the world :

1. Pacific Ocean 2. Atlantic Ocean 3. Arctic Ocean

4. Indian Ocean 5. Southern Ocean

Know It!

v The other water bodies are called seas, bays, gulfs, rivers, lakes, ponds etc.
v The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean.
v The Indian Ocean has been named after our country, India.

The land surface of the earth is divided into seven continents :

1. Asia 2. Africa
Know It!
3. North America 4. South America
v Asia is the largest continent. Our
5. Europe 6. Australia country India is located in Asia.

7. Antarctica

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