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Frankly, the model with the single America continent doesn’t make any sense, because south and north Americas are so different in both geographical and cultural
by ekropotin 9mo ago
Frankly, the model with the single America continent doesn’t make any sense, because south and north Americas are so different in both geographical and cultural/historical sense.
- singpolyma3 9mo agoContinents are about geology not culture
- Alupis 9mo agoWell, North and South America are two different tectonic plates[1]. [1] https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tectonic-plates-earth https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tectonic-plates-earth
- wredcoll 9mo agoThey really aren't, there's no objective way to divide the world into exactly 7 continents (or 6) using geology.
- nextaccountic 9mo agoAmerica, Afro-Eurasia, Australia, Antarctica I can count 4
- wredcoll 9mo agoBased on what?
- deleted 9mo ago[deleted]
- nextaccountic 9mo agoBased on being large landmasses Potentially any island is a continent if your cutoff is low enough
- unmole 9mo agoEurope says hi.