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Why isn't Canada or Russia, the two largest countries by land mass, included?
by jlos 5y ago
Why isn't Canada or Russia, the two largest countries by land mass, included?
- witherk 5y agoProbably because it's trying to convince you that Africa is really huge, so including other really big countries would be counterproductive. I guess you could argue that Canada and Russia both have a lot of tundra that no one wants to live on so that land doesn't count or something.
- bombcar 5y agoI've not drawn up the maps, but it appears that North America is just a bit larger than the USA, Canada, and Mexico combined. That's large!
- sandworm101 5y agoCanada is tricky because of all the islands in the north. It isnt a solid blob. Russia is tricky becuase it is so long. I dont think it and the US would nest nicely inside the africa outline. And we cannot ever have a map without thr USA center stage. Also with russia, exactly which boarder should we use? It's probably better to just not enter into that debate.
- samatman 5y ago> Also with russia, exactly which boarder should we use? I assure you no one was thinking about that. They would just take whatever they got from punching "Russia" into the GIS database.
- jandrewrogers 5y agoThey also excluded Alaska from the United States, which would increase the size by >20%. I also understand why they didn't; the purpose isn't a rigorous measure of country size or anything like that.
- ithkuil 5y ago>17%
- jandrewrogers 5y agoAlaska is 17% of the US but ~21% larger than CONUS, which is how it was expressed.
- jt2190 5y agoOT: Here’s a little bit of Russia and Canada for you ;) https://youtu.be/BXqKkYYALMU https://youtu.be/BXqKkYYALMU
- eCa 5y agoYou can make your own comparisons on https://thetruesize.com/ https://thetruesize.com/ (Spoiler: Africa is still big.)
- djmips 5y agoDragging Indonesia around was very illuminating for me. Somehow I know the least about Indonesia of all places.
- djmips 5y agoCanada isn't as big as you think it is.