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> Do the Rocky Mountains count as dividing North America into east and west subcontinents?

The east part would be a bit small, but after a bit more seismic activity that may be sensible.

> Does the Baltic Sea partition the Nordic countries into their own continent?

Could be a subcontinent border yeah, it is a common division in Europe.

> Are you really expecting that logic to work even a little bit?

Yeah, there are multiple aspects of continents and topology is one part. Others are cultural and political and I think there the division is even more clear.



Look at the absurdities you have to commit to so you can keep pretending this makes sense.




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