Backpacking & travel Asia             Contact US     Package Deals Airline Ticket offers Hotels per country City Trips Backpack information   Asia Short description As the planet's largest continent, Asia cover about 30 percent of the world's landmass and includes (44) countries and assorted islands and/or dependencies. Significant features of the continent of Asia include the world's tallest mountain, Mt Everest in Nepal (and China), rising to 29,035 ft (8,850m). It also includes the world's lowest point, found in the Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan, at 1,286 ft (392m) below sea level. In addition, the continent includes the world's most populated countries, China and India; the world's longest coastline, the world's deepest lake; Lake Baykal, and some of the most important rivers on the planet.     Area Links                       Citylinks Africa Asia South America North America Europe  Countrylinks               China Thailand