• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    2 hours ago

    There are going to be little isthmuses connecting landmasses, but that doesn’t make them combined. Africa is technically connected to both Europe and Asia, but nobody is suggesting that they be combined with Europe and Asia. Europe and Asia are literally the same landmass, with just a border between them.

    Even the Middle East probably has a better claim on being a Continent than Europe.

    Besides, the Panama Canal essentially makes North And South America separated by water.

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      1 hour ago

      Aren’t Europe and Asia on the same techtonic plate? Isn’t that also the reason India is considered a subcontinent because it is on a different techtonic plate?