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I’ve noticed Americans tend to be surprised that Europe is bigger than the US

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As an European I’m also surprised that the US’ vertical Expansion is only around twice that of France.

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What do you mean by vertical expansion?

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Not the one who said it, but it would imply distance north to south

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Is that including Russia?

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Mercator projection really doesn’t help that website.

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Your link includes part of Russia.

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Europe includes the parts of Russia that are in Europe but not those that are in Asia.

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