Started an argument with my much smarter wife because she said North and South America are not two separate continents. She was right, because continents are only defined by convention.

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    12 days ago

    According to the image on Wikipedia depicting the plates, there would then be 17 continents, although some of those 17 would be entirely ocean, or only small islands

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      12 days ago

      I’m really surprised this is the first time I’ve seen Africa as two continents. The Great Rift Valley is well known but I just hadn’t heard going the next logical step

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        10 days ago

        These are not continents. The image is more of an illustration of why tectonic plates are not a good way to redefine continents not be arbitrary.