• candybrie@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      North America and South America are 2 continents in a lot of models. What definition are you using that has them as one? I’m always pretty skeptical of the ones that have Europe and Asia but then just America.

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        7 months ago

        Yes Eurasia is 1 continent too, arguably it should be afroeurasia as well.

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            7 months ago

            ?? Plates dont equal continents? Or do you think Turkey is its own continent? And the east coast of Africa is a seperate continent to the rest of Africa?

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                7 months ago

                Continents are large landmass separated by oceans. That’s the working definition, it’s not a particularly precise definition, but it’s the generally accepted one.

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                    7 months ago

                    No, because that sets a president that creates much bigger problems than the “problem” it solves.