Enter the borders of Europe and Asia on the map
That's one of the things with the border between Europe and Asia - no one can clearly define where exactly this border runs. Nevertheless, there are clues that you can use as a guide. So grab your card, mark the points and enter the boundary you have determined.
Eurasia - you have probably heard this term before. Just as blurred as the two continents "run" into each other in this name, the actual course of the border between them is still unclear to this day Europe and Asia.
The border between Europe and Asia
A borderline that cannot be clearly defined.
- If you are looking for the border that separates Europe from Asia, you will likely come across a wide variety of borders. Only one thing is certain: to date there has been no definition of the boundary under international law.
- So you have no choice but to orientate yourself on the last officially recognized limit. This borderline was already in the 18th Established in the 19th century by Philip Johan von Strahlberg. Reconstruct the border on your map.
Mark landmarks on your map
Here you will find the points that you can use as a guide:
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- A safe landmark is in Turkey: The Strait of the Dardanelles. The Dardanelles lie between the Gallipoli peninsula - which belongs to Europe - and (northwest) Anatolia, which belongs to Asia Minor.
- The next point to mark on your map can also be found in Turkey. It is also a strait here. This time you should put your marker on the Bosporus - the most famous strait between Europe and Asia, which divides Istanbul into two continents.
- The "Black Sea" offers you another clue about the borderline. The sea is located between Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania enclose the inland sea.
- Now mark the "Caspian Sea", which is actually not a sea at all - it is actually the largest lake on earth. Part of this impressive lake is located in (Eastern) Europe, the other part in (Western) Asia.
- It continues in the Ural Mountains. The approximately 2,400 kilometer long mountain range - together with the Ural River - represent a large part of the border between Europe and Asia.
You should now have the following landmarks on your map: Dardanelles, Bosporus, the "Black Sea", the "Caspian Sea", the Ural Mountains and the Ural River. Connect the dots and you get a borderline. Remember, as for the border that divides Eurasia into two continents, views are also divided.
