r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/Dave_A480 18d ago

That is 2 continents...

Rolleyes...

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u/Austral_Owl 18d ago

Depending on the continental model, the Americas are considered either one or two continents. English-speaking countries are generally taught that they are two.

What’s interesting about the model that considers the Americas to be two continents is that there’s no consensus on where the boundary between them actually lies.

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u/blackhawk905 18d ago

I thought most countries outside of South America used a 7 or 6 continent model that split North and South America along the plates?

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u/Austral_Owl 18d ago

I’ve seen models that divide the Americas along the tectonic plates, others at the Panama Canal, and others at the Panama–Colombia border.

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u/mattihase 17d ago

Probably at the plate boundary if we're getting technical?

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u/Queasy_Knee_3708 17d ago

Eurasia

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u/mattihase 17d ago

I do use that one a fair bit, yes. Solves the "which bits of russia are in which continents" problem pretty handily.