Le Livre d'Argent

True Size of Africa

(map by Statista)

@onlmaps
"Europe (excluding Russia)"
Well, no need to write this because Russia is not in Europe

You need to brush up your geography, Russia is an integral part of Europe ;)
(this is about geography, not politics)

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@onlmaps Hi, everytime I see this kind of maps, I ask myself why Africa is in the background where other countries such America or the US are on the first layer ?

This is why I like to put Algeria as the first layer on the map of the United Stated of America to see how big is the US.

Try it ๐Ÿ‘

How big is USA compared to Algeria.

@onlmaps And now, let's call this the USA : The United States of Africa.

Maghreb countries compared to the map of USA.

@vv221
No, Russia is part of Asia when speaking about geography.
But maybe we don't learn the same geography depending on our country? I'm from France and all geography teachers include Russia in Asia continent. Some say Russia is so big that we may debate that a little part is in Europe (everything east to the ยซ Oural ยป mountains) but the biggest part of the continent is in Asia anyway.
@onlmaps

Iโ€™m from France too, and when I still went to school Russia was described as part of Europe. But that was more than twenty years ago, maybe things have changed since then.

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@vv221 @OatPotato @onlmaps The limit between Europe and Asia, geographically, is the Caucasus, which is partially in Russia. About 20% of the Russian territory is in Europe, the other 80% are in Asia.

French school is supposed to explain this, but as there's often not enough time to cover the entire program, some details are often not or too quickly given.
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