Comment on This makes so much more sense
VAK@lemmy.world 1 day agoAustralia is the minimum size. Isthmuses, oceans and seas are separators. Islands don’t belong to any continent.
Comment on This makes so much more sense
VAK@lemmy.world 1 day agoAustralia is the minimum size. Isthmuses, oceans and seas are separators. Islands don’t belong to any continent.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s a solid start, but what’s your threshold for an isthmus? Does Panama count, or is there only one American continent? Same question for the Sinai.
And if they don’t count, Australia’s inclusion seems a bit arbitrary, given the massive size difference between it and the next-largest landmass (the Americas are nearly 6x the size).
VAK@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why? Coz it looks pretty. You can totally come up with your own axioms.
Panama and Sinai count as isthmuses for borders. Australia I like to count coz its 3x larger than greenland.