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The OP hasn't applied that rationale consistently though. It should be Oceania, rather than the geo-centric Australia.
Australia is more acceptable as a continent than Europe because it is a large landmass completely surrounded by ocean. "Oceania" is missing the large landmass part and Europe misses out on the completely surrounded by ocean part. Although potentially Australia could miss out because it's so much smaller than the other continents despite also being a large landmass.
Australia is more acceptable as a continent than Europe because it is a large landmass completely surrounded by ocean. "Oceania" is missing the large landmass part and Europe misses out on the completely surrounded by ocean part. Although potentially Australia could miss out because it's so much smaller than the other continents despite also being a large landmass.
Australia is a continent geographically, and is the only place that is both a country and a continent.
My point is, that by including the politically defined Europe, the OP should have also put Oceania, which is also only a political definition -this would have been more inclusive and avoided the taint of jingoism.
Australia is a continent geographically, and is the only place that is both a country and a continent.
My point is, that by including the politically defined Europe, the OP should have also put Oceania, which is also only a political definition -this would have been more inclusive.
It's a peninsula at the edge of the Eurasian landmass. You could go further though and say that Afro-Eurasia is a single continent. In which case, why separate The Americas also? There's really only four continents, those two, Antarctica and Australia.
As an aside, does anyone know why all the continents (other than Antarctica) taper to the south?
I would consider Africa to be its own continent. It's part of its own plate, for starters.
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Australia is a continent geographically, and is the only place that is both a country and a continent.
My point is, that by including the politically defined Europe, the OP should have also put Oceania, which is also only a political definition -this would have been more inclusive and avoided the taint of jingoism.
What does patriotism have to do with this? You said it yourself; Australia is a continent, so I featured it in itself. If I were being selfish or jingoistic I wouldn't have included "Oceania" at all (initially, that was my plan).
By the way, Europe at least has some sort of a continental boundary (Caucasus mountains and Ural mountains), unlike Oceania - where you can draw the line anywhere in the Pacific Ocean, even as far as the Channel Islands in California. So I wouldn't compare Europe and Oceania, personally.
I'm surprised that Asia has done so bad in the poll.
Only 2 votes
Yeah, not sure what that was about. Really surprising. I thought snow lovers would choose Asia because of Japan and eastern Russia. But it seems like they all chose North America instead.
Yeah, not sure what that was about. Really surprising. I thought snow lovers would choose Asia because of Japan and eastern Russia. But it seems like they all chose North America instead.
What does patriotism have to do with this? You said it yourself; Australia is a continent, so I featured it in itself. If I were being selfish or jingoistic I wouldn't have included "Oceania" at all (initially, that was my plan).
By the way, Europe at least has some sort of a continental boundary (Caucasus mountains and Ural mountains), unlike Oceania - where you can draw the line anywhere in the Pacific Ocean, even as far as the Channel Islands in California. So I wouldn't compare Europe and Oceania, personally.
That's just a mountain chain -The Rockies don't make North America two continents.
Oceania, like Europe, is purely a political definition, so wouldn't be expected to have obvious boundaries.
Interestingly, Oceania might actually soon be comprised of two continents -there is debate at present as to whether Zealandia is in fact a fully fledged continent.
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