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Shouldn't this be shown under Asia rather than under Europe?
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Moved to Asia.
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Asia? A once Russian republic alongside its southern border. By that definition a whole junk of Russia is asian i guess.Whatever floats your boat.
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Yup. Couldn't get much more Asia, on the border of Mongolia.
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Asia it tis. The general consensus of modern geographers, regarding the Western border, is that anything to the East of the Ural Mts. and Ural river -- is Asia.
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Sounds like a tropical island.
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So Canada Winedrinker? Whatever floats your boat.Russia, by definition, then is both part of Europe and Asia. Fair enough.
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It is kind of interesting that one can stand on one side of the Ural river and be in Europe, and stand on the other and be in Asia. Lumping the two continents together as "Eurasia" is often the choice. But then you risk being incontinent.
New Guinea/Papua New Guinea is similarly perplexing as half the island is designated Asia and the other half Australia. Bottom line is some of the demarcations of continents are quite arbitrary -- you have to draw the line somewhere.
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The Papua/New Guinea looks like the work of a committee that had a hard time deciding,
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Wasn't there recent news of geologists proving that New Zealand has its own continent?
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39000936
A quick look at the Zealandia claim. It's certainly an interesting claim - I like the analogy to the Pluto controversy - is it or isn't it. For me, I understand science's downgrading of poor old Pluto, but will always consider Clyde Tombaugh's discovery a planet.
If I ever get a geography class to teach again, this'll be a cool little thing to get the kiddies thinking.
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Shouldn't this be shown under Asia rather than under Europe?
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Asia? A once Russian republic alongside its southern border. By that definition a whole junk of Russia is asian i guess.Whatever floats your boat.
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Yup. Couldn't get much more Asia, on the border of Mongolia.
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Asia it tis. The general consensus of modern geographers, regarding the Western border, is that anything to the East of the Ural Mts. and Ural river -- is Asia.
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Sounds like a tropical island.
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So Canada Winedrinker? Whatever floats your boat.Russia, by definition, then is both part of Europe and Asia. Fair enough.
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It is kind of interesting that one can stand on one side of the Ural river and be in Europe, and stand on the other and be in Asia. Lumping the two continents together as "Eurasia" is often the choice. But then you risk being incontinent.
New Guinea/Papua New Guinea is similarly perplexing as half the island is designated Asia and the other half Australia. Bottom line is some of the demarcations of continents are quite arbitrary -- you have to draw the line somewhere.
Cheers!
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The Papua/New Guinea looks like the work of a committee that had a hard time deciding,
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Wasn't there recent news of geologists proving that New Zealand has its own continent?
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39000936
A quick look at the Zealandia claim. It's certainly an interesting claim - I like the analogy to the Pluto controversy - is it or isn't it. For me, I understand science's downgrading of poor old Pluto, but will always consider Clyde Tombaugh's discovery a planet.
If I ever get a geography class to teach again, this'll be a cool little thing to get the kiddies thinking.
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