• @wwaxen
    link
    English
    21 year ago

    A broken clock…

    I mean, look at the globe with satellite view and tell me where one ends and the other begins.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      21 year ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        11 year ago

        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
        link
        English
        11 year ago

        Look at a satellite view and tell me Urals separate continents but not the Himalayas, the Rockies or the Atlas.

        • @AA5B
          link
          English
          11 year ago

          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