Dear James,

this look into a dictionary proves quite well, what kind of nonsense is
printed. Paper is a patient material. I think the whole discussion is quite
important, but not directly for this list. On the other hand, why not create an
interesting exhibtion about continents?

Yours

Christian Mueller-Straten

James H Tichgelaar schrieb:
> Verlag Dr. C. Mueller-Straten wrote:
> >
> > Maria and others:
> >
> > Please, what is the difference between a continent and "big islands"?
>
> According to Webster's, a continent has several distictive features,
> including a basin surrounded by mountain ranges and an off-shore
> continental shelf.  The same dictonary says, somewhat less helpfully,
> that an island is "smaller than a continent."
>
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