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

submitted 2 months ago by mapto@feddit.bg to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe the oceanbuilding process between Africa and Asia stopped after I finished my MSc in Geoscience 10 years ago, but I doubt it.

It’s only moving away from Arabia.

Never said it would move away from anything else.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

stopped after I finished my MSc in Geoscience

This snarky argument from authority is redundant given that the facts are extremely easy to understand and outlined in the Wikipedia article I cited.

The biggest gap between Africa and Eurasia (PS; we agree that Europe is not a continent) is the Mediterranean sea, and it is getting smaller. That does seem relevant.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

The Red Sea is what’s becoming an ocean, technically speaking.