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  // Author - Brenden West; updated 3-18-03

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DD_Continents.sPubDate = "1/24/2005 10:58:26 PM GMT";
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DD_Continents.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Curious about continents?";
DD_Continents.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Curious about continents?</b></font><p>The surface area of the world's continents add up to about 57.8 million sq. miles, but together these land masses only make up about 29.2 percent of the Earth's surface.";
DD_Continents.appFooter = "Note: Lowest points listed are all below sea level.<br>Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2005";
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DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("Africa","826.8 million","11.7 million","20.6","Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania): 19,340 ft.<br>Lake Assal (Dijbouti): -515 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("Antarctica","N/A","5.4 million","10.5","Vinson Massif: 16,066 ft.<br>Bentley Subglacial Trench: -8,327 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("Asia","3.8 billion","17.3 million","29.9","Mount Everest (China, Nepal): 29,028 ft.<br>Dead Sea (Israel, Jordan): -1,312 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("Europe","688.5 million","3.8 million","7.0","Mt. Elbrus (Russia): 18,510 ft.<br>Caspian Sea (Russia): -90 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("North America","494.4 million","9.4 million","14.8","Mt. McKinley (Alaska): 20,320 ft.<br>Death Valley (California): -282 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("Oceania","31.9 million","3.3 million","5.2","Mt. Wilhelm (Papua New Guinea): 14,793 ft.<br>Lake Eyre: -50 ft.");
DD_Continents.rows[i++] = new Array("South America","351.0 million","6.9 million","12.0","Mt. Aconcagua (Argentina): 22,831 ft.<br>Vald&eacute;s Peninsula (Argentina): -131 ft.");

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