An ocean floor pushed toward a land mass will always slide under the land mass. This is because the land mass is more buoyant, or lighter, than the ocean floor. When two land masses meet ...

This makes some countries appear bigger than they are, compared to others, and the shape of land masses is changed slightly. The world has seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.

The Director of Forestry at the Federal Ministry of Environment, Dr Moses Ama has disclosed that only 15 per cent of the world's land mass and 7 per cent of the oceans are protected. He said if ...