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Why do some geographers consider Europe and Asia to be one continent called Eurasia?
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'Europe' and 'Asia' are socio-political continents, they're 'different' because people, for different reasons throughout history, have decided so. It was the ancient Greeks who first decided that 'Europe' and 'Asia' were two separate 'lands', though the exact border between the two was still unclear.
When talking about physical geography though, it is all one land mass, it is all one physiogeographical continent, regardless of the people who live on it and the divisions that have made.
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What do some geographers consider Europe and Asia to be one continent called Eurasia?
No body of water separates Europe and Asia completely.
What name do geographers use when they refer to Europe and Asia as one Continent?
They normally refer to it as Eurasia.
Would you consider Asia and Europe the same continent?
Yes, if you consider it Eurasia.
What name do geographers use when they refer to Europe and Asia as one continent or landmass?
Geographers will often use the term 'Eurasia' when referring to Europe and Asia as one continent, as they would use 'The Americas' to refer to both North and South America. In many ways, using the term 'Eurasia' simplifies things, as countries like Russia and Turkey are split into both Asia and Europe.
What term do geographers use when why refer to the land masses of Europe and Asia as one?
Europe and Asia together make up the continent called Eurasia.Eurasia
Why do some geographers want to call Europe And Asia one continent?
Europe and Asia are not geographically continents, only politically. Europe and Asia are physically attached to each other and form the larger continent of Eurasia, which geographically is a continent and not politically one. Which means Eurasia has continental drift since it is a continent, while Europe and Asia are not (geographically speaking).
What continent do the people of Russia consider themselves from?
They want to be thought of from Eurasia. Meaning both Europe and Asia.
Are Russia and Asia the same continent?
No. Russia is not a continent, it is a country. Asia is a continent. Part of Russia is in the continent of Asia and a smaller part of it is in the continent of Europe.
Geographers commonly consider Greenland part of which continent?
North America, although technically it belongs to Europe.
What continent contains the Balkan Peninsula?
Balkan peninsula is in Europe or (Eurasia in a five-continent-model).
Why do you think that geographers are willing to unite Asia and Europe as a single continent under the name eurasia?
Because they are connected
What term do geographers use when they refer to Europe and Asia as one unit?
eurasia
