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Author: batbearben

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Date added: 2024-07-26

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WHY is GREENLAND THE size of AFRICA
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Xray
2024/07/26 18:31:32
It's not! Africa is about 14.5 times the land surface area of Greenland. Greenland is an island nation and Africa is a continent made up of many countries. The two land masses are totally different from each other.

What made you ask such a weird question? :s
Last edited at 2024/07/26 18:36:45 by Xray
Little
2024/07/26 19:16:05
As Xray said, Greenland is actually much smaller than Africa.

The reason it appears so large on maps is because it's impossible to perfectly map a sphere onto a 2D plane, so our rectangular maps have a lot of distortion near the poles, making Greenland and Antarctica look absolutely huge!

Using a globe however can help you to understand the actual scale of Earth's continents, as a globe is already spherical and thus there is little to no distortion.

Hope this helps!
Xray
2024/07/26 20:45:48
Great explanation, Little! :tup:
Little
2024/07/27 00:27:53
Thank you!
Xray
2024/07/27 02:12:23
WHY?
Last edited at 2024/07/27 02:15:50 by Xray
batbearben
2025/04/06 03:14:00
I know… why did I upload this 🤦‍♂️
Xray
2025/04/06 23:59:36
Probably because you were bored. :lol: