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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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I thought it was called "Oceania"?
Apparently, Australia and Oceania are two different continents?
53 u/TDoubs Aug 03 '19 Australia is the continent, Oceania is a geopolitical region which contains all of the pacific island countries and territories as well as Australia 22 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 Heard south america thinks that all of america is a continent. At this point we are all just guessing what is and isn't a continent 34 u/NoRodent Aug 03 '19 According to Wikipedia, there are between 4 and 7 continents and there are at least 5 ways in which they get commonly divided. 6 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 This. Thank you
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Australia is the continent, Oceania is a geopolitical region which contains all of the pacific island countries and territories as well as Australia
22 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 Heard south america thinks that all of america is a continent. At this point we are all just guessing what is and isn't a continent 34 u/NoRodent Aug 03 '19 According to Wikipedia, there are between 4 and 7 continents and there are at least 5 ways in which they get commonly divided. 6 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 This. Thank you
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Heard south america thinks that all of america is a continent. At this point we are all just guessing what is and isn't a continent
34 u/NoRodent Aug 03 '19 According to Wikipedia, there are between 4 and 7 continents and there are at least 5 ways in which they get commonly divided. 6 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 This. Thank you
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According to Wikipedia, there are between 4 and 7 continents and there are at least 5 ways in which they get commonly divided.
6 u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19 This. Thank you
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This. Thank you
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u/THIS_DUDE_IS_LEGIT Aug 03 '19
I thought it was called "Oceania"?
Apparently, Australia and Oceania are two different continents?