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| What is bigger (area), Europe or the USA? |
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TSR69
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 Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:13 Post subject: What is bigger (area), Europe or the USA? |
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garus
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:16 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:16 Post subject: |
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According to the wikipedia it's Europe, but if you'd compare actual continents, not continent vs. state, North America would win (NA vs. Europe ofc)...
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deelix
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:21 Post subject: |
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People who think europe is bigger adds Russia
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couleur
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:26 Post subject: |
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What do you want to compare?
The european continent is indeed bigger then the USA, while the European Union is a lot smaller.
EDIT (wiki):
North America: about 24.900.00 sq km
USA: 9.826.675 sq km
Europe (continent): about 10.500.00 sq km
European Union: 4.324.782 sq km
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:30 Post subject: |
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By eye I'd have said USA, but the numbers don't lie (I mean the continent, not the EU) 
Anyway a better formulated question would be
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 14:33 Post subject: |
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Voted Europe cause, as a continent, compared to the country USA, is bigger in area. The EU is a lot smaller and getting its area into account would be laughable.
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 18:57 Post subject: |
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http://goeurope.about.com/od/europeanmaps/l/bl-country-size-comparison-map.htm
As one can see, Texas is the size of the larger European countries. Obviously, that map doesn't include Alaska nor Hawaii. Alaska is twice as large as Texas.
Not entirely sure how people could be voting Europe. Seems to be a pretty trivial question if you've ever looked at a globe.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:05 Post subject: |
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Europe is more of a political distinction. Eurasia is the continent and it is by far larger than the area of USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia
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couleur
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:08 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:19 Post subject: |
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You would think people would be smart enough to realize he was referring to 'USA' and 'Europe' .. Like he did. Last time I checked USA wasn't a continent.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:29 Post subject: |
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No, I wasn't commenting on that. Europe is a political distinction, not continent. But even then, when you take into account that a portions of Russia and Turkey are in Europe, Europe is indeed larger.
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TSR69
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:42 Post subject: |
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You can speak of continental Europe but that excludes the UK, Ireland, Iceland, etc. Besides being a political distinction (as mentioned by iNatan) the countries share cultural roots going back to the old Greek era and Roman empires. The area that was named Europe has been expanding north throughout the last 20 centuries though.
Funny thing is as the map posted by Mchart shows that a lot of people think of Western Europe (the allies during the Cold War) if they read or hear Europe.
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:44 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | You can speak of continental Europe but that excludes the UK, Ireland, Iceland, etc. Besides being a political distinction (as mentioned by iNatan) the countries share cultural roots going back to the old Greek era and Roman empires. The area that was named Europe has been expanding north throughout the last 20 centuries though.
Funny thing is as the map posted by Mchart shows that a lot of people think of Western Europe (the allies during the Cold War) if they read or hear Europe. |
I realized after the fact (to be honest) that said map didn't include the eastern european countries. Even so, after including them the USA is still larger, even more so when you consider the size of Alaska. (Alaska is fucking massive given it is a single 'state' in the US)
I guess it all falls down to if we are including some of Russia or not.
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couleur
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:48 Post subject: |
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Part of Russia belongs to what is commonly defined as Europe. So it does not "fall down to" if you include it or not. It is, by definition, included.
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TSR69
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:49 Post subject: |
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| Mchart wrote: | | I guess it all falls down to if we are including some of Russia or not. |
Well the cartographers do, it's Europe eastwards until you hit the Ural Mountains
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:50 Post subject: |
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| couleur wrote: | | Part of Russia belongs to what is commonly defined as Europe. So it does not "fall down to" if you include it or not. It is, by definition, included. |
This.
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:54 Post subject: |
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I think it cuts off at the Ural mountains, no?
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:56 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | | Mchart wrote: | | I guess it all falls down to if we are including some of Russia or not. |
Well the cartographers do, it's Europe eastwards until you hit the Ural Mountains |
Cartographers can suck my dick.
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 19:59 Post subject: |
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| zipfero wrote: | | I think it cuts off at the Ural mountains, no? |
Yeah, but the Moscow part is included.
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 20:02 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | zipfero wrote: | | I think it cuts off at the Ural mountains, no? |
Yeah, but the Moscow part is included. |
fuck the moscow part
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 20:11 Post subject: |
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There are even parts of Kazakhstan that some think fall into the borders of Europe as a continent.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 4th Jun 2011 20:46 Post subject: |
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 USA is larger than Europe aka Scandinavia |
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