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Continents are about geology not culture

• Alupis 9mo ago
  Well, 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 ago
  They really aren't, there's no objective way to divide the world into exactly 7 continents (or 6) using geology.
  • nextaccountic 9mo ago
    America, Afro-Eurasia, Australia, Antarctica I can count 4
    • wredcoll 9mo ago
      Based on what?
      • deleted 9mo ago
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      • nextaccountic 9mo ago
        Based on being large landmasses Potentially any island is a continent if your cutoff is low enough
• unmole 9mo ago
  Europe says hi.