Fact about ASIA
Facts about Asia Continent for UP State Subordinate Exams Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass . Time Zone: There are eleven different time zones in Asia which is span from UTC (GMT) +4 to UTC (GMT) +10. Surrounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Pacific Ocean to the east , the Indian Ocean to the south , the Red Sea (as well as the inland seas of the Atlantic Ocean—the Mediterranean and the Black) to the southwest , and Europe to the west . Asia is separated from North America to the northeast by the Bering Strait and from Australia to the southeast by the seas and straits connecting the Indian and Pacific oceans. Two narrow straits, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, separate Anatolia from the Balkan Peninsula. The total area of Asia, including Asian Russia (with the Caucasian isthmus) but excluding the island of New Guinea, amoun...