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Eurasia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (538 words) |
 | Eurasia is the landmass composed of Europe and Asia. |
 | Eurasia is also used in international politics as a neutral way to refer to organizations of or affairs concerning the post-Soviet states, in particular Russia, the Central Asian republics, and the Transcaucasian republics. |
 | Eurasia is a large and powerful terrestrial state and member of the Earth Alliance in the Cosmic Era series of the epic anime franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. |
| Ecology of Eurasia (330 words) |
 | About one third of the whole territory of Northern Eurasia is occupied by boreal coniferous forest, covering up to 2 billion acres (930 million ha), by far the largest forest on the planet. |
 | Northern Eurasia is home to over 25,000 species of vascular plants, 1,100 bryophytes, almost 200 species of amphibians and reptiles, 765 species of birds, and 360 species of mammals. |
 | Northern Eurasia is the last chance for the world to save representative samples of large pristine ecosystems. |