289
True continent sizes (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] nave@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago

The US is bigger than China according to every source I found.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Wikipedia explains this quite well.

The US figures include coastal and territorial waters. The Chinese figures exclude them. This is supposedly because it's impossiblebto know what water area is claimed by China.

However, China clearly has a greater land mass area; and measurements including accepted water area for China are bigger than the US including its waters.

[-] nave@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Therefore, while it can be determined that China has a larger area excluding coastal and territorial waters, it is unclear which country has a larger area including coastal and territorial waters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area#cite_note-12

this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
289 points (93.7% liked)

Map Enthusiasts

3451 readers
3 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
zksmk@sopuli.xyz
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works