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[-] Trifictional@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 year ago

And a continent is just a really big island.

Therefore a continent is actually just a big mountain.

[-] Shrug@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

But mostly underwater.

[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

The whole world is a set of mountains of different heights.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

kinda makes the whole "do you prefer to holiday on a beach or on a mountain?" question irrelevant.

[-] julesiecoolsie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And mountains are really the peak of the continent mountain

[-] beefbaby182@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And the oceans are just really big valleys filled with water

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From another point of view, the oceans are just a thin film of water clinging to the surface of this ball of rock.

The depth of the oceans is a rounding error compared to the depth of the planet.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If the Earth were the size of a basketball, it wouldn't even feel wet to the touch because of how thin the oceans would be relatively. Scales are wild

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Salt lakes typically have rivers containing trace amounts of salt flowing into them but no rivers flowing out. That means the only way water can leave is through evaporation, but the salts get left behind and the salinity therefore builds up.

I learned this in Geography 101. Then I had a shower thought that the oceans of the world are just a giant salt lake.

[-] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] JackLSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is literally true (Hawaii) except when it isn't (Key West)

[-] UdeRecife@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

And the sea is just a big lake. The sea floor a long valley. Fish are valley people. Land animals are mountain folk.

[-] HeavyRust@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Are the people living in the real mountains sky people?

[-] meathorse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They mostly come out at night...mostly.

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