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Adjective(1) (2) of or pertaining to or typical of Europe(3) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the Revolutionary War(4) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent(5) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe

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(1) More than 2 percent of the continental United States - an area the size of Georgia - is covered by roads and roadsides.(2) And it's the only speck of land in an area of the ocean about the size of the continental United States.(3) Impact craters are about as numerous on Venus as they are on continental areas of Earth, and are thus not as common as they are on most other planets.(4) Precipitation is highest in summer due to a continental monsoon, especially in middle to eastern parts of the desert regions in China.(5) Towards the middle of the period the climate became warmer and milder, the glaciers receded, and the continental interiors became drier.(6) Furthermore, the United States was bordered by two oceans; it was not only a continent but also a continental island.(7) Earthquakes primarily represent a threat to areas where continental plates meet: Japan, Turkey, California, for example.(8) In the last ice age, sea levels fell and continental plants and animals migrated here, only to be trapped when the waters rose again.(9) During this time vast expanses of North America and Eurasia were periodically covered with enormous continental glaciers.(10) It is the sixth highest free-falling waterfall in the continental United States and the fourth highest in California.(11) The new areas consist of the continental margin and an exclusive economic zone.(12) Green Sea Turtles enjoy warm, tropical and subtropical, shallow water near continental coasts and around islands where the sea grass is plentiful.(13) There were no polar ice caps or continental glaciation.(14) The Himalayas, towering as high as 8,854 m above sea level, form the highest continental mountains in the world.(15) The long endurance of these, still important to the present day, contrasts with developments in many continental areas.(16) And we can say the same thing for other continents that all large continental areas are clearly having increases in temperature which are directly attributable to human activities.