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~ Best looking/Most beautiful cities : 1. Europe / 2. North America
~ Best/Most beautiful mountains : 1. Asia (by far) / 2. North America (probably)
~ Best/Most beautiful volcanoes : 1. North America / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful lakes : 1. North America or Asia / 2. South America or Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful rivers : 1. Asia / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful beaches/coastlines : 1. Asia / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beaufitul deserts : 1. Africa / 2. Asia
~ Best/Most beautiful rainforests/jungles: 1. South America / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful Polar/Subpolar regions: 1. Asia / 2. North America
~ Best/Most beautiful savanna/grasslands: 1. Africa (by far) / 2. Australia
~ Most unique or unusual landscapes : 1. Asia or Africa / 2. South America
Overall, I'd say Asia as it's the biggest continent and it shows an incredible variety of environments, ecosystems and landscapes. Almost every kind of landscape can be found in Asia. However, each continent of the world has its own BEAUTY !
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~ Best looking/Most beautiful cities : 1. Europe / 2. North America
~ Best/Most beautiful mountains : 1. Asia (by far) / 2. North America (probably)
~ Best/Most beautiful volcanoes : 1. North America / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful lakes : 1. North America or Asia / 2. South America or Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful rivers : 1. Asia / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful beaches/coastlines : 1. Asia / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beaufitul deserts : 1. Africa / 2. Asia
~ Best/Most beautiful rainforests/jungles: 1. South America / 2. Africa
~ Best/Most beautiful Polar/Subpolar regions: 1. Asia / 2. North America
~ Best/Most beautiful savanna/grasslands: 1. Africa (by far) / 2. Australia
~ Most unique or unusual landscapes : 1. Asia or Africa / 2. South America
Overall, I'd say Asia as it's the biggest continent and it shows an incredible variety of environments, ecosystems and landscapes. Almost every kind of landscape can be found in Asia. However, each continent of the world has its own BEAUTY !
I cannot understand the bolded category. How does Asia beat NA in that category?
I cannot understand the bolded category. How does Asia beat NA in that category?
I think polar and subpolar regions are more beautiful in northern, and especially in northeastern Asia as with Siberia and Russia featuring a great diversity of landscapes with tundra, grasslands, glaciers...
However, I agree that comparison between both these landmasses is still hard in that category but there isn't any major differences in beauty as Greenland and Canada are full of naturally charming places.
Why wouldn't it? Why are you having trouble understanding it? Were you not aware that Asia has polar and sub-polar regions?
Welcome to north Asia!
Because in terms of scenery Alaska, Canada and Greenland blow it out of the water in pretty much every way. NA has nearly everything that Asia has in this category but also has bigger mountains, huge glaciers, much bigger icefields and many more fjords.
I guess I am asking for justification of why Asia should be ranked higher than NA in this category.
Because in terms of scenery Alaska, Canada and Greenland blow it out of the water in pretty much every way. NA has nearly everything that Asia has in this category but also has bigger mountains, huge glaciers, much bigger icefields and many more fjords.
I guess I am asking for justification of why Asia should be ranked higher than NA in this category.
Iaskwhy....I agree with you ...word for word.
I am shocked, if there is one geographical category NA wins, it is best Polar/sub polar.
Asia is definitely in 2nd place but is well behind NA.
They don't have a mountain the scale like massive Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska.
They don't have Ice Caps of the scale of Baffin Island....never mind Greenland,
not to mention the mighty and awesome St. Elias Mountains (largest sub polar mtn glaciers in the world)
Fjords....NA all the way.... Baffin Island and Greenland....
Siberia pretty much has none.
-Best Deserts: Close call, but i think SA is a bit above here. No doubt the Americas as a whole has the best deserts in the world (yes, better than Africa and only Asia is somewhat close IMO), but i think SA gains the advantage due to more hiperaridity responsible of very martian landscapes.
I don't agree with you, dude ! Africa and Asia (including the Middle East) have undoubtedly the best and the most beautiful deserts in the world, and I'd pick South America in third position.
Africa owns by far the largest and the most extreme hyper-arid area on Earth as with annual mean potential evaporation exceeding by up to 200 times annual mean rainfall, forming true moonscapes as in the northern, southern and eastern parts of the continent. Asia comes in second position and such an aridity is responsible of otherworldly landscapes.
For instance, the Afar Depression in East Africa shows extraordinary lunar scenes as a land where volcanic/hydrothermal activity joins with a harsh, desert environment, which makes the land even more parched by increasing its barrenness.
I could post some pictures of how barren these lands are but maybe on another reply or if someone ask me to do it.
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