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East, Europe is divided into general Asia by the watershed of the Urals, the Ural River and by Caspian Sea." Europe is the world of the second smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10, 180, 000 square kilometers (3, 930, 000 square meters miles) or 2, 0% of the surface Earth.

…The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia." Is the third most populous continent (after Asia and Africa ), with a population of 710, 000, 000, or approximately 11% of the world's population. however, the term continent, may refer to a cultural and political, or a distinction physiographic, giving rise to a variety of perspectives on the borders of Europe precisely, area and population. Europa 48 countries Russia is larger in size and population, while the Vatican is the smallest.

All European countries except Belarus Kazakhstan and the Vatican are members of the Council of Europe, an international organization founded in 1949 and recognized by the United Nations for, which provides uniform standards for human rights in member countries and operates European Court of Human Rights. " A separate organization, the European Union, (EU), emerged in 1957 of various agreements and customs tariffs between the countries of Western Europe, and reached its present form in 1993. The EU is an economic, social and political union that makes the laws are applied in all Member States with the primary objective of the implementation of free movement of goods and people between their periods of seven States members."