QuilotoaMar 20

TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

https://lemmy.ca/post/62085022

TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are. - Lemmy.ca

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Show threadBarneyPiccoloMar 21
Europe isn’t a continent, it’s a political entity. A continent is geographic. EurAsia is a continent.
Show threadDraedronMar 21
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.
Show threadBarneyPiccolo
They are one continuous landmass. A continent is one continuous landmass. You can’t split a single landmass and call it two separate continents.
Mar 21 at 5:56pmWeb
Show thread🦄🦄🦄Mar 21
So is North and South America. Is that also one continent?
Show threadBarneyPiccoloMar 21

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.

Show threadfenrasulfrMar 21
Aren’t Europe and Asia on the same techtonic plate?
Show threadmrlemmyhimselfMar 21
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
Show threadAA5BMar 21
Don’t forget zealandia being its own continent
Show threadhomura1650Mar 21
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.