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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by adastra22 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:26AM (#36888906)
The UK is geographically situated on the continent of Europe.
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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by pyuser583 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:35AM (#36889331)
Europe is not a continent. It is a peninsular sub-content of the Eurasian landmass. Like India.
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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by wnevets on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:45AM (#36889394)
> Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Europe

Continents are more about how humans want to group landmasses rather than a hard scientific definition.

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