"Thin strip of land"
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Brazil is a samosa balancing itself on its tip
wrote last edited by [email protected]Fun fact, Brazil has about the same length on the N-S as the E-W directions.
You can't notice this looking at most maps.
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It is a relatively thin strip of land. I drove down the Carretera Austral a few years ago, you even have to drive through Argentina, because there are the sea and mountains and not enough space to "fit" a highway (alternatively you could take the ferry).
I'm sorry, but at no point does Chile get too thin to fit a highway. It is just that part meets a gulf and wildlife territory. They are all national parks. The alternative (to going into Argentina or the ferry) would be to deforest hundreds of hectares and blow up mountains just so tourists get an scenic car ride (that is already pretty scenic and spectacular as it is).
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Well they're not wrong
It's enormous, but relatively speaking, a thin strip, yeah
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I'm sorry, but at no point does Chile get too thin to fit a highway. It is just that part meets a gulf and wildlife territory. They are all national parks. The alternative (to going into Argentina or the ferry) would be to deforest hundreds of hectares and blow up mountains just so tourists get an scenic car ride (that is already pretty scenic and spectacular as it is).
That's why I put the "fit" in quotes. There is no space for a highway because of gulf, mountains and national parks, and that is a good thing.
If it was wider they would have built a highway for sure.
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UK could have had Europe....
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You should zoom in and check the topography.
I did that one day! That place is buck wild!
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wrote last edited by [email protected]It is a very thick but even taller strip of land.
The point of reference for it's thinness shouldn't be it's own height, but rather the sizes of countries in general.
I mean, it's still be thin, but the UK has no place throwing stones from within that glass house lol
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It is a very thick but even taller strip of land.
The point of reference for it's thinness shouldn't be it's own height, but rather the sizes of countries in general.
I mean, it's still be thin, but the UK has no place throwing stones from within that glass house lol
I feel like this is stretching the definition of "thin" to make sure nobody feels insecure about the proportions of the land claimed by local government.
What are we doing here, folks?
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I feel like this is stretching the definition of "thin" to make sure nobody feels insecure about the proportions of the land claimed by local government.
What are we doing here, folks?
Geoshaming
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Brazil is a samosa balancing itself on its tip
I love cultural fusion. I'm also hungry now.
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It is a very thick but even taller strip of land.
The point of reference for it's thinness shouldn't be it's own height, but rather the sizes of countries in general.
I mean, it's still be thin, but the UK has no place throwing stones from within that glass house lol
It just looks skinny because of how long it is baby I promise it's more than thicc enough for you
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That's why I put the "fit" in quotes. There is no space for a highway because of gulf, mountains and national parks, and that is a good thing.
If it was wider they would have built a highway for sure.
I get what you meant. But it would be more apt to say that they don't want a highway there, it's not like it wouldn't fit if they wanted. The whole thing is a biosphere reserve, new infrastructure is not allowed. It has nothing to do with the geographical wideness of Chile. To only have a ferry there is a choice. Bypassing through Argentina actually skips a good third of the official highway.
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Italy looks like the thin strip of land in this comparison.
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It’s 2600 miles/4200km long. It’s 2300 miles NYC to Los Angeles, for perspective.
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Looks pretty thin to me:
The narrow point is about as wide as driving to my nearest beach and that's a reasonable day trip distance.
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Yeah this is 100% correct. Today it's a damp and humid rock.
Wish I was on some far off thin strip of land, if I'm honest.
Me too, and I'm not from a damp rock or a small country.
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I think both narrow and thin are relative, rather than absolute terms. It’s a country, not a pipe.
Both invoke an idea of smallness, though. Maybe skinny?
Yay pedantry!
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If Scandinavia looks like a cock to you, then yes. But you might want to see a doctor it your cock looks like the outline of Norway and Sweden...
Nah, my wife likes that I'm fjorded for her pleasure.
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You have been Mercatored
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Why does that give me an urge to want to walk the length of it.
