Bawana

Jaman siki ana limang bawana nang permukaan bumi yakuwe: Asia, Afrika, Amerika, Australia karo Eropa ning pembagian kuwe erat kaitane karo pesebaran penduduk padahal angger dideleng sekang wujud fisik, benua Amerika kuwe ana Amerika Selatan karo Amerika Utara, uga ana benua Antartika.

Jaman gemiyen, permukaan bumi kuwe kebentuk sekang siji daratan sing amba pisan yakuwe Pangea, ning akibat pergeseran lempeng bumi daratan kuwe pecah dadi 2 yakuwe Gondwana nang sisi kidul planet bumi karo Laurasia nang sisi lor. Kedaden kuwe wektu masa Mesozoikum jaman gemiyen. Pergerakan lempeng bumi kuwe terus berlanjut ngantek kebentuk 5 benua tur terus bergerak ngantek siki.

Sekiye bumi terbagi dadi beberapa benua :

• Afrika
• Amerika (Amerika Selatan, Amerika Utara)
• Antartika
• Asia
• Eropa
• Australia (bawana)

Jumlah Bawana

Kanggo nentukna jumlahe bawana, ana werna-werna carane:

Models
Peta sing nidokna bawana (dibedakna kelire).
7 bawana	Amerika Utara	Amerika Selatan	Antartika	Afrika	Eropa	Asia	Australia
6 bawana	Amerika Utara	Amerika Selatan	Antartika	Afrika	Eurasia		Australia
6 bawana	Amerika		Antartika	Afrika	Eropa	Asia	Australia
5 bawana	Amerika			Afrika	Eropa	Asia	Australia
5 bawana	Amerika		Antartika	Afrika	Eurasia		Australia
4 bawana	Amerika		Antartika	Afro-Eurasia			Australia

The seven-continent model is usually taught in China and most English-speaking countries. The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, the former states of the USSR (including Russia), and Japan. The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, and some parts of Europe, including GreeceCithakan:Citation needed, ItalyCithakan:Citation needed, Belgium, Portugal and Spain. This model may be taught to include only the five inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica), as depicted in the Olympic logo.

The terms Oceania or Australasia are sometimes substituted for Australia to denote a continent encompassing the Australian mainland and various islands of the Alantic Ocean not part of other continents. For example, the Atlas of Canada names Oceania, as does the model taught in America and in Latin America and Iberia.

• Benua Atlantis