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Dear listers,
Dr. Mueller-Straten wrote:
>. . .. "A continent sits on a continental plate"
> does not make things clearer, because it is a circulus vitiosus definition.
Perhaps "tectonic plate" would be a better way of putting it;
however, I suppose then that would make India and a number of smaller
land masses (and areas of water on the surface!) continents as well.
Personally, if someone told me there were six continents, I would
make the assumption that Australia was one of these, and that Eurasia
was one (and only one) as well. My two cents worth.
Have a good day.
James Adams
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