> according to wikipedia and my wife (who can list them in order of size too > ... > the list is > Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and > Australia Wikipedia does not define scientific processes or entities. It is not an authority on anything; use it with caution!! Continents are distinct geological entities, and so are defined by geology. Their crust is fundamentally different to that of the oceanic basins. The continents are as I listed them. New Zealand is actually a sizable continent; much of it is presently submerged (as are the valleys separating the islands & valleys of the Philippines and Indonesia; such seas atop continents are called epieric [eg the North Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea etc]). It separated and drifted away from Australia during the Cretaceous, during the time of the later big dinosaurs. It is possible that Antarctica is two continents, but I think that not enough is known about this yet to be sure. Europe is not a continent; it is a minor part of the Eurasian continent, which includes Britain, Ireland, Siberia, Japan, the Philippines. India is a separate continent which is in the process of colliding with and fusing itself onto the Eurasian continent, pushing up the Himalayas as part of the process (crush zone!); it is still moving relative to Eurasia. VW T3s can be found on all continents but the micro in the Indian Ocean... well, there might even be one or two there. ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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