• InvertedParallax
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    1 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.

    • rookeh@geddit.social
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      1 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@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

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

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        1 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