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8, 10, or 13 (Score:1)

by Aristotle (5147) <pagaltzis@gmx.de> on 2006.12.02 15:41 (#52042) Homepage Journal
Going by political or historical definitions doesn’t make much sense to me. I go by a mostly geological definition, for which the answer is 8:
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- India
- Australia
- Antarctica
However, that’s not truly consistent: the Arabias and the Carribean are on their own small tectonic plates; moreover there are three small plates that harbour no large land mass of their own.

So the answer should probably be 10, possibly 13.
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