[[File:Continental models.gif|thumb|300px|center|Mapa animada che ła mostra vari modełi difarenti de sudivixion de ła Tera in continenti; łe ìxołe oséaneghe łe xe cołorae co el isteso cołor de ła teraferma a ła cuałe łe xe comunemente asociae.]]
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| align="center" |7 continents<ref name=AoCA>[http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/international/world/referencemap_image_view The World - Continents], [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html ''Atlas of Canada'']</ref>{{,}}<ref name=EB>"[http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9361501 Continent]". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2006. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.</ref>{{,}}<ref name=NatlGeo>[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Mode=d&SubMode=w World], ''National Geographic - [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpeditions Atlas].'' 2006. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.</ref>{{,}}<ref name=Oxford1>''OThe New Oxford Dictionary of English.'' 2001. New York: Oxford University Press.</ref>{{,}}<ref name=Encarta>"[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553387/Continent.html Continent]". ''MSN Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006.''</ref>{{,}}<ref name=Oxford2>"Continent". McArthur, Tom, ed. 1992. ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language''. New York: Oxford University Press; p. 260.</ref> || <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Nord]] || <small><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Sud]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || <small><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span></small> [[Axia]] || <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span></small> [[Eoropa]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Africa]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> [[Osèania]]
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| align="center" |'''6 continents'''<ref name=Columbia>"[http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/continent.html Continent]". ''[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The Columbia Encyclopedia]''. 2001. New York: Columbia University Press - Bartleby.</ref>{{,}}<ref name=EB /> || <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Nord]] || <small><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Sud]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || colspan="2" | <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span></small> [[Eoraxia]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Africa]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> [[Osèania]]
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| align="center" | 6 continents<ref name=OU>Océano Uno, Diccionario Enciclopédico y Atlas Mundial, "Continente", page 392, 1730. ISBN 84-494-0188-7</ref>{{,}}<ref name=LCC>Los Cinco Continentes (The Five Continents), Planeta-De Agostini Editions, 1997. ISBN 84-395-6054-0</ref> || colspan="2" | <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || <small><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span></small> [[Axia]] || <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span></small> [[Eoropa]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Africa]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> [[Osèania]]
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| align="center" | 5 continents<ref name="Columbia"/>{{,}}<ref name="OU"/>{{,}}<ref name="LCC"/> || colspan="2" | <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || colspan="2" | <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span></small> [[Eoraxia]] || <small><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Africa]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> [[Osèania]]
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| align="center" | 5 continents || <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Nord]] || <small><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica del Sud]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || colspan="3" | <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Eoroafraxia]]<ref>ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age, University of California Press, Andre Gunder Frank, 1998, ISBN 978-0520214743
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| align="center" | 4 continents<ref name="Columbia"/>{{,}}<ref name="OU"/>{{,}}<ref name="LCC"/> || colspan="2" | <small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Mèrica]] || <small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> [[Antartide]] || colspan="3" | <small><span style="background: #c10000;"> </span><span style="background: #f33e01;"> </span><span style="background: #fed52e;"> </span></small> [[Eoroafraxia]] || <small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> [[Osèania]]
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''Nota bene : serti modèli no li ten en conto el Antartide visto che el xe un continente inabità, donca se scarta un continente da ciascuna de le liste cua sora.''
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