Fun fact: there’s no universally-accepted definition of “continent!” Depending on how you define it there could be as many as 8 or as few as 4. Sometimes Africa, Europe, and Asia are counted as one continent, and sometimes Antarctica isn’t (notably in the Olympic flag). Sometimes Zealandia is added as the 8th continent. All the definitions I’ve seen count Australia as its own, though; and as noted that one’s missing.
All of that to say, the original commenter might have an Afro-Eurasian non-Antarctic model in mind when they say that one entire continent is missing. The second one might have a non-Antarctic six-continent model in mind, and you have the traditional (English-speaking) seven-continent model in mind. But you might very reasonably (well, okay, slightly reasonably) say that this infographic is missing four continents: Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and Zealandia.
Oceania is a useful geographic region, but I haven’t seen anyone include it as a continent; the most common definitions I’ve seen for continents are “lands sitting on the same tectonic plate” (so, the geological definition) and “contiguous land of a sufficient size not broken up by any ocean.” Interestingly, both of those definitions still allow some wiggle room in what counts and what doesn’t, but in either definition, Australia is not part of the South Pacific islands.
An entire continent is missing.
There are no buses in Antarctica, silly
0% cars, 0% public transport, 30% walking/biking, 30% swimming, 40% belly tobogganing
More than one!
Three of them, though I don’t know how much biking people are doing in Antarctica.
Fun fact: there’s no universally-accepted definition of “continent!” Depending on how you define it there could be as many as 8 or as few as 4. Sometimes Africa, Europe, and Asia are counted as one continent, and sometimes Antarctica isn’t (notably in the Olympic flag). Sometimes Zealandia is added as the 8th continent. All the definitions I’ve seen count Australia as its own, though; and as noted that one’s missing.
All of that to say, the original commenter might have an Afro-Eurasian non-Antarctic model in mind when they say that one entire continent is missing. The second one might have a non-Antarctic six-continent model in mind, and you have the traditional (English-speaking) seven-continent model in mind. But you might very reasonably (well, okay, slightly reasonably) say that this infographic is missing four continents: Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and Zealandia.
Side note, I just realized that the continents alphabetize really strangely, if you combine the Americas:
Africa Americas Antarctica Asia Australia Europe
The letter A is way overrepresented in the names of our continents.
For the glory of A, Europe shall now be renamed to Aurope!
More proof the Atlantis continent was real!
I’ve often seen Australia included in Oceania.
Oceania is a useful geographic region, but I haven’t seen anyone include it as a continent; the most common definitions I’ve seen for continents are “lands sitting on the same tectonic plate” (so, the geological definition) and “contiguous land of a sufficient size not broken up by any ocean.” Interestingly, both of those definitions still allow some wiggle room in what counts and what doesn’t, but in either definition, Australia is not part of the South Pacific islands.
I need to know how the penguins commute
They waddle or swim! They used to drive until the Heard and McDonald Islands got tariffed :/
Also excluding Mexico for some reason.
Mexico is part of North America…
It is, but read the small font: it says they excluded Mexico from their North America stats.
oh. lol.
Mexico is part (most) of Central AmericaI was mistakenalthough wrong I think it would make more sense