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I always thought it had something to do with continental drift.
I always thought it had something to do with continental drift.
I always thought it had something to do with continental drift.
One of my first arguments on here was over what constitutes a continent. I feel vindicated.
why does Australia get one they don’t even do it right
I was taught it was Australasia.
“Australia and Oceania” here, in the first of two models I’ll elaborate on.
We were taught two different models
First one translates basically as “divisions of the world”
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Australia and Oceania
- Americas
The other one translates more directly as “continents”
- Eurasia
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Australia
- North America
- South America
But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I’m from.
There’s a great map men episode on this
imo europe is a colonialist excuse, not a continent
In the great words of Atlas Pro after going into excruciating detail on why no answer is more correct He said:
So gow many continents are there?
“Obviously six”
No further clarification was given.
It’s wild how much “basic science” is just some pale bro’s wacky idea.
I don’t believe in continents. I’m incontinent.
All you need is one nitwit arguing for a nonsense position for there to be “no agreement.”
There are 7 continents. Anyone who disagrees is just soapboxing for clout.
I hope this is bait :) Because this is the dumbest comment I’ve read all week.
What do you define as a continent?
6, actually. Eurasia is one continent and it takes a lot of mental gymnastics to claim there are two separate continents there.
The result might be an agreement that may not satisfy everyone completely, but indicates the overall concurrence of the group. – WP:DISCUSSCONSENSUS
What I’m saying is that one idiot disagreeing does not break consensus.
Europe isn’t a continent, it’s a political entity. A continent is geographic. EurAsia is a continent.
Lol no. The european union is the political entity. Europe is a continent. Asia is a continent. If you want to talk about both of them together you can say eurasia but they are not one continent.
What delineates Europe from Asia that shouldn’t also delineate India from Asia?
Not trying to be argumentative, curious. I’ve always heard of India as a subcontinent, and when explained why it seems like Europe fits the same description.
Large mountain ranges (the Urals for Europe-Asia and the Himalayas for India-rest-of-Asia).
They are one continuous landmass. A continent is one continuous landmass. You can’t split a single landmass and call it two separate continents.
So is North and South America. Is that also one continent?
There are going to be little isthmuses connecting landmasses, but that doesn’t make them combined. Africa is technically connected to both Europe and Asia, but nobody is suggesting that they be combined with Europe and Asia. Europe and Asia are literally the same landmass, with just a border between them.
Even the Middle East probably has a better claim on being a Continent than Europe.
Besides, the Panama Canal essentially makes North And South America separated by water.
Aren’t Europe and Asia on the same techtonic plate? Isn’t that also the reason India is considered a subcontinent because it is on a different techtonic plate?
Iceland is between two tectonic plates, and that rule would separate the Somali plate from the rest of Africa, make the Caribbean its own continent, etc
Don’t forget zealandia being its own continent
North and South America are joined by a thin strip of land that serves as the continent border. Africa and Eurasia are joined by a thin strip that serves as a continent barrier. Europe and Asia have no natural border between them.
two: america and eurasrika
What about Antarctica?
If antarctica is a continent, then so is outer space.
What do you define as a continent?
A continent is something that contains people, i guess.
So iceland is a continent?
lol yeah i didn’t really think much about my comment though, maybe i should have made that clear earlier :D
Based on that
Continents: Walmarts and coffins
There’s between 3 and 500. Since it’s statistically unlikely that the correct number would be at either extreme, the most likely correct number of continents would be somewhere around 250, with a margin of error of approximately 245.
Look at the big brain on Brett!
Of course there isn’t. There are 10 billion people on earth. I even disagree with myself on the matter.
PS: TIL too.
8.3 billion people. But who’s counting?
Closer to 8 billion
There was a study last year saying that 8 billion could be super underestimating the world population.
https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ruralPopDisclaimer.php
False. Well, it’s true there was that one study but it wasn’t accurate.
Just wait a few years. ;)
