• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      3 days 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.

      • fenrasulfr@lemmy.world
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        3 days 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?

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          Iceland is between two tectonic plates, and that rule would separate the Somali plate from the rest of Africa, make the Caribbean its own continent, etc

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      North and South America are joined by a thin strip of land that serves as the continent border. Africa and Eurasia are joined by a thin strip that serves as a continent barrier. Europe and Asia have no natural border between them.