The world is round, but maps are done on flat surfaces. To compensate for this, countries further from the equator get stretched. Greenland appears to be as big as all of Africa on a map like that, where in fact it is only about the size of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alaska looks about half the size of the lower 48 states, but in reality it is much smaller. Watch for the lines of latitude and longitude to give a better idea of how big countries are in relation to each other.
The Mercator projection stretches and distorts landmasses that are far from the equator. This is due to the 'flattened' style of the map. The farther from the equator, the more pronounced the effect.
Because Greenland is closer to the pole. When a map is drawn unless it is drawn on a globe the size of country's become distorted as you move upwards and downwards from the equator. Imagine drawing the map of the world on a ball made fro rubber then putting a slice in it from the north pole to the south pole, then stretching it until it becomes a flat rectangle. It would make the north and south poles which are only an imaginary point just as long as the equator.
Maps are a 2-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional object. In flattening, some scales are lost. The shape can be distorted to show more accurate distance, or the distance can be distorted to show more accurate shape.
The best way to find both accurate distance and shape is by using a good quality globe. Globes are 3-dimensional objects, just scaled down, and provide the best representation of the world.
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on a mercator projection,greenland appears larger than south america becouse
realy south america is much bigger
but on a flat world map, the polar regions are stretched so greenland will look bigger
infact, its like the size of africa
Asia is still bigger than both North and South America combined.
Australia is four to five times bigger than Greenland. Greenland is frequently pictured on maps of the world based on the Mercator Projection, which makes Greenland look much larger than it actually is.
South Africa is a country in the continent of Africa, therefore Africa has a larger area (about 30.2 million km²) than South Africa alone (1,221,037 km2). South Africa contributes to about 4% of the total area of Africa.
Brazil is the largest South American Country, Followed by Argentina (2nd largest in South America) and then Colombia, making it the 3rd, which by the way it is spelled "COLOMBIA" and not "Columbia". These are 2 completely different things, Colombia is a country in South America and Columbia refers to different name in the USA. Check it out.
Latin America is 21,069,501 square kilometers (8,134,980 sq mi) of area, or more than twice the surface of the United States.
yes mate Greenland is huge its the second biggest island (discounting antarctica which is total covered by ice and has no permanent residents you could lose cuba in Greenland like change down a sofa cushion.
yes
yes
South America is much larger. North America could fit inside South America.
No, Greenland is more bigger
Robinson's map is much more accurate. Mercator's is very out of proportion. If you notice, mercator's map shows Greenland larger than South America, when South America is actually the bigger of the two.
Asia is still bigger than both North and South America combined.
yes Africa is bigger
No
The parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude are all straight lines on the Mercator projection. That's why Greenland looks bigger than South America.
Asia, Africa, North America.
yes africa is smaller than n. america and south america together.