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[–] 13 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

I think I remember being told Greenland was the largest island, while Australia was a continent

Something to do with tectonic plates

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Continents is a human made construct that's later rationalized with tectonic plates and other criteria. Basically, people around the Mediterranean Sea divided the Mediterranean Coast into 3 parts and later extended this concept.

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