Last posting. Continents are not simply defined as physically contiguous land masses. If they were, then Europe, Asia and Africa would be one continent.
To my understanding, continents are defined, at least in part, by the part of the earth's plating on which they rest, not by water, mountain, political, or language boundaries. That's why the western part of Russia is on the continent of Europe and as you head east, it becomes Asia. Stephen Gallagher ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:02 AM Subject: [USMA:17163] Fwd: Re: (OT) Re: What's Central America? > If North and South America is considered as 1 > continent, then Asia, Europe and Africa put together > should be considered as 1 continent, since there is a > land border between these 3 continents. > > So they are actually 2 separate continents. > But because of the language, Mexico and other > countries in South America are considered as Latin > America. > > Madan > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 05:22:28 EST > > Subject: [USMA:17160] Re: (OT) Re: What's Central > > America? > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > All of you have valid points. But ultimately the > > whole world (which by the > > way is the metric portion) counts 5 continents and > > most importantly the whole > > American continent (north and south) as one. While > > the US insists on dividing > > it. > > > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Jesus > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > >
