Why do Earth and Mars have the same amount of dry land?

Answer 1

All of Mars is "dry land" (even under the ice caps of frozen water and frozen carbon dioxide), while most of the Earth's surface (71%) is covered by water. So even though Mars has only 28% of Earth's surface area, the amount of dry land is about the same (144.8 million km2 compared to Earth's 144.9 million km2).

Answer 2

The reason is that all of Mars is "dry land" (even under the ice caps of frozen water and frozen carbon dioxide), while most of the Earth's surface (71%) is covered by water. So even though Mars has only 28% of the surface area of Earth, it has very nearly the same "land" surface.

Mars : 144,798,500 km2

Earth: about 144,940,000 km2 (depending on the definition of land surface)

Answer 3

Earth and Mars do not have the same amount of dry land. Earth has a much larger surface area with about 29% of it covered by land, while Mars has a smaller surface area and a smaller percentage of land. Additionally, the distribution and types of land on Mars are different from Earth due to factors such as geological processes and the absence of large bodies of water.