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How is Mongolia larger than Russia? According to Wikipedia: Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making R
by florieger 3y ago
How is Mongolia larger than Russia?
According to Wikipedia:
Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 993% larger than Mongolia.
- jylam 3y agoThis has nothing to do with real borders, but with the distance to the nearest capital (that's how Voronoi diagrams work) For instance, that shows that more than half of Russia territory is closest to the capital of Mongolia (which is Ulaanbaatar) than to Moscow, that's the point.
- florieger 3y agoThanks for clarification.
- zamadatix 3y agoThis map doesn't preserve area, it only says which capital is closest by distance.
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