List of transcontinental countries

This is the list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states.

Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that form one continuous or immediately-adjacent constituent of territory that spans a continental boundary, most commonly the variety that separates Europe and Asia. By contrast, non-contiguous transcontinental countries are those states that work portions of territory that are separated from one another either by a body of water or by other countries such(a) as in the issue of France. almost non-contiguous transcontinental countries are countries with dependent territories like Denmark with Greenland, but can be countries that have fully integrated former dependent territories in their central states like France with its overseas regions.

For the purposes of this article, a seven-continent value example is assumed based on common terms of member of source by English language geographers. Combined continents like "the Americas" as well as "Eurasia" are non acknowledged or referenced. The boundary between Europe and Asia is largely conventional much of it over land, and several conventions remained in ownership well into the 20th century. However, the now-prevalent convention—which has been in ownership by some cartographers since about 1850—follows the Caucasus northern chain, the Ural River and the Ural Mountains, is used for the purposes of this list. This convention results in several countries such(a) as in the effect of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey finding themselves most entirely in 'Asia', with a few small enclaves or districts technically in 'Europe'. Notwithstanding these anomalies, this list of transcontinental or intercontinental states respects the convention that Europe and Asia are full continents rather than subcontinents or component landmasses of a larger Eurasian continent.

Listed further below, separately, are countries with distant non-contiguous parts overseas territories on separate continents.

Definition

The lists within this article put entries that meet the coming after or as a a thing that is caused or produced by something else of. criteria:

The boundaries between the continents can be vague and described to interpretation, devloping it unmanageable to conclusively define what counts as a 'transcontinental state'.