Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down17
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 hours agoRussia is a transcontiental country. The Ural Mountains are considered the boundry between Europe and Asia thus, Russia is about 75 % in Asia and 25 % in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
minus-squaretired_n_bored@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoAlso Turkey is an example. It’s in Asia and Europe
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-221 hours agoAh! After 43 years someone finally straightens this out in my mind 😄 You’re the MVP. My second grade teacher was GOOD but apparently she missed this little detail.
Russia is a transcontiental country. The Ural Mountains are considered the boundry between Europe and Asia thus, Russia is about 75 % in Asia and 25 % in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
Khazakhstan, Egypt
Also Turkey is an example. It’s in Asia and Europe
Ah! After 43 years someone finally straightens this out in my mind 😄 You’re the MVP.
My second grade teacher was GOOD but apparently she missed this little detail.