Europe

The second-smallest of the world’s continents, Europe composes of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass it shares with Asia). Making up nearly 1/15th of the world’s land surface area, it is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the south-west, the Black Sea, the Kuma-Manych Depression, and the Caspian Sea. The continent’s eastern boundary runs along the Ural Mountains from north to south.