So Africa and Asia are only divided by the Suez Canal. And Europe and Asia are only divided by the Ural Mountains. Should they be one continent?
Or should the three be only one continent? Are we off topic or what? Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 2002January02 17:25 Subject: [USMA:17142] (OT) Re: What's Central America? > 2002-01-02 15:46:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Actually there is only one continent America, it has a northern, central, and > >southern part. It surprises me to see how the North Americans (i.e. US > >nationals and Canadians) insist to count 7 continents and not 5 as the rest > >of the world does. Just because man has cut a canal in Panama, doesn't mean > >geography can be changed. > > If that is so, then by the same logic, Africa and Asia are also part of the same continent. Therefore, there are really only 4 continents. >
