India is on a separate tectonic plate to the rest of Europe / Asia.
IMO, if you're looking at continents purely from a geographic/geologic frame of mind, dividing them up based on what plate they are on makes the most sense. But, that would not take into account cultural/political/legal boundaries, all of which are probably more important day-to-day.
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fapforce5@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
Is Antarctica no longer a continent?
Fondots@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
If I remember my middle school geography class correctly
Seems like it checks out to me.
Procleus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I love seeing Laputa on there. This list got me good 🤣
tiredofsametab@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
Different cultures count continents differently. I'm not sure about Spain, but you can check this out for how they're split sometimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number
rookeh@geddit.social · 6 pts · 2y
From the article:
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
well now i wonder, how are Europe and Asia considered separate continents?
Deme@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Cultural reasons.
The original definition is also pretty vague: Europa is first used in a geographic context in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, in reference to the western shore of the Aegean Sea.
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Of course they fucking do, sigh.
wwaxen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
A broken clock...
I mean, look at the globe with satellite view and tell me where one ends and the other begins.
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I mean, the Ural mountains are a pretty solid demarcation line, I agree it's not as tidy as an ocean but still.
India is a separate subcontinent as well, but we don't question that.
rookeh@geddit.social · 1 pts · 2y
India is on a separate tectonic plate to the rest of Europe / Asia.
IMO, if you're looking at continents purely from a geographic/geologic frame of mind, dividing them up based on what plate they are on makes the most sense. But, that would not take into account cultural/political/legal boundaries, all of which are probably more important day-to-day.
wwaxen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Look at a satellite view and tell me Urals separate continents but not the Himalayas, the Rockies or the Atlas.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You could argue the Atlas and Rockies are too close to the edge, so the land they separate is too small to be a continent
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
A race, into space? A competition to see who can get to the moon first? Perhaps some sort of space race?
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
that leg of the competition is over. new leg is permanent outpost. so like a wild west movie but bouncy and chrome.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It’s a race to the South Pole. Beware the ice bergs and penguins