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turniphat t1_ircdtxg wrote

Reply to comment by ThenaJuno in TIL the length of the US rail network is twice that of Europe by Pardon_my_baconess

No. Europe is slightly larger than the US.

https://mapfight.xyz/compare/europe-vs-us/

The United States is about 2x as large as European Union

https://mapfight.xyz/map/eu/#us

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graycatfat t1_irj32v8 wrote

correct but I'm not clicking those wacky links

10,000,000-10,400,000 is Europe (3,900,000-4,000,000) sq mi

depends which countries like Georgia you count for the 100,000-200,000 , but mainly how much toward the Ural mountains in Russia you count, and the water area in Scandinavia

4,236,351 sq km European Union (1,635,664 sq. mi)

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/european-union/#introduction

9,833,517 sq km United States (3,796,742 sq mi)

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states/#geography

3,796,742 / 1,635,664 ≈ 2.32

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/area/country-comparison

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/largest-countries-in-europe

https://www.quora.com/How-large-is-the-United-States-in-area-compared-to-Europe

The United States has a land and inland water area over 2.32 times the size of European Union

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