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This is the true size of Africa (mstdn.social)

submitted 1 day ago by mapto@feddit.bg to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

If Africa was the same continent as Asia, it should be easy to walk across.
But you literally can't. The only connections are a freeway bridge (currently closed), a railway bridge, a road tunnel and ferries. And geologically, an ocean is in the process of opening up in between.

As for Europe, it doesn't even have its own continental plate.
It's less of a continent than India.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

If Africa was the same continent as Asia, it should be easy to walk across.

They literally had to dig the Suez channel to separate both.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

geologically, an ocean is in the process of opening up in between

Hardly. Africa is converging with Europe and the Med is being crushed. It's only moving away from Arabia.