Subject: Re: Continent border<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2003 @ 17:10<br/>
Author: anorak222 &lt;listen@wschwanke.de&gt; (&quot;anorak222 &lt;listen@...&gt;&quot; &lt;listen@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1174766717">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; One could argue about where the continental boundaries lie forever. <br/>
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 </span></blockquote>I think the point is that the concept of continents is a cultural convention. It is not clearly defined what a continent should be (as opposed to an island), neither how continental borders are defined.<br/>
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The convention may also differ from country to country. E.g. it is my understanding that the Anglo Saxon world regards South & North America as two separate continents. In Europe, they are often regarded as one.<br/>
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Here&#39;s an example of one of the conventions for &quot;Europe&quot;<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tmuehle/europa/europa/europadat/europa_karte.htm">http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tmuehle/europa/europa/europadat/europa_karte.htm</a><br/>
(actually my idea differs in some points)<br/>
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All the ambiguities aside, continents ought to be geographic entities, and political borders should not be criteria at all.<br/>
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Regards</div>