The line next goes through the Sea of Azov and out through Kerch strait at the south end of the Sea of Azov along the dividing line between Ukraine and Russia. Some cartographers represent the line as going south in the Caspian to the port of Baku, in Azerbaijian, and then along the southern flanks of the Caucasus Mountains through Georgia, then along the Georgian shore of the Black Sea and ending up at Kerch.
From Kerch, the dividing line crosses the Black Sea, and passes through the Bosphoros Bosporus Strait and the Dardanelles and through the city of Istanbul , then southward through the Mediterranean. The island of Cyprus is thus arbitrarily Asian, while the island of Crete is arbitrarily European. If you pick the Emba River as the dividing line, then the Kazakh town of Makat is arbitrarily European. If you pick the Ural River, then Makat is Asian.
If you run the line further north across the Kuma-Manych Depression, it is at least partly in Asia. Greek islands along the coast of Turkey tend to be classed as Europe, while nearby Turkish islands are classed as Asian. At 5, meters, Mount El'brus is the highest point in Europe. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. Namespaces File Discussion.
Views View Edit History. Main page Welcome Community portal Village pump Help center. Upload file Recent changes Latest files Random file Contact us. Download as PDF Printable version. Description Possible definitions of the boundary between Europe and Asia. English: A map of possible definitions of the boundary between Europe and Asia. Image:TransAsia m. The eastern boundary between the two continents cut Russia into two, the European side of Russia and the Asian part.
By the midth century, three main conventions had emerged. The second convention, the boundary line following the Kuma-Manych Depression to the Caspian Sea, is the most popular convention today. Soviet geographers recommended that the boundary between the two continents be drawn in textbooks from Baydaratskaya Bay, along the eastern foot of the Ural Mountains. The Soviet definition of the boundary placed the Caucasus entirely in Asia while the Urals are entirely in Europe.
Further, most Soviet Geographers preferred the boundary along the Caucasus Crest. The Ural Mountain watershed forms a natural boundary separating the two continents.
The Mountain range averages 3, to 4, feet above the sea level. The highest peak, Mount Narodnaya, measures 6, feet. However, the segment covered by the Ural River is yet to be determined. The Caspian Sea forms the next major segment of the boundary. The sea is miles long and miles wide making it a large completely enclosed water body. The border demarcations are not universally definitive and vary from one source to another. Some geographers place the country of Georgia entirely in Europe while others classify it as a transcontinental country that spans both Asia and Europe.
Cyprus is also placed in Asia by some geographers although the country is often accepted as being included in the modern definition of Europe. Confusion surrounding the definition of the two continents leads to more geographers identifying six continents only, by merging Europe and Asia to form Eurasia. The splitting of Eurasia into Europe and Asia based on the true definition of a continent is now put on record.
The separation of Europe from Asia was the effort of European geographers and scholars who sought to separate their region of the world.
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