Mingle
02-05-2018, 04:59 PM
There is a lot of debate of what Europe's borders constitutes, so I thought I'd start a thread on it.
Europe and Asia share two borders that are often disputed. These two borders are on the Caucasus region and the Urals region. The Caucasus Mountains and Ural Mountains/Ural River are used as geographic markers to divide Europe and Asia. This means that geographically speaking, a tiny bit of Azerbaijan and Georgia (if you include Abkhazia) are part of Europe whereas 0% of Armenia is part of Europe. It also means that a significant portion of Kazakhstan is part of Europe. All of Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and other Volga regions are 100% geographically part of Europe. All of Ciscaucasia (Chechnya, Dagestan, Circassia, etc) are also 100% geographically part of Europe.
So where would you draw the line between Europe and Asia?
Here is how I would do it:
Caucasus
• Border between Asia and Europe would be along the Volga and Don rivers. Everything south of Volga-Don is Asia (Caucasus) and everything north of it is Europe. This means that Chechnya, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Circassia, Dagestan, etc. are all 100% geographically part of Asia now.
Urals
• Historically, the Volga region was not considered part of Europe, and even today it still has Tatarstan, etc. so I decided to draw a line that excludes it from Europe. It was hard to draw a line based on rivers. So I drew a line based on the 40th meridian east (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_meridian_east). That way, Moscow is part of European Russia. This line cuts through Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Vladimir.
• I am not too sure about this border by the way and might change my mind since it's very hard to draw the line between Europe and Asia in that region.
https://i.imgur.com/f4n7Vbc.jpg
Here is another division I am pondering based on a combination of the 40th meridian east and some rivers:
https://i.imgur.com/yRBaHaO.jpg
How would you draw the border between Europe and Asia?
Europe and Asia share two borders that are often disputed. These two borders are on the Caucasus region and the Urals region. The Caucasus Mountains and Ural Mountains/Ural River are used as geographic markers to divide Europe and Asia. This means that geographically speaking, a tiny bit of Azerbaijan and Georgia (if you include Abkhazia) are part of Europe whereas 0% of Armenia is part of Europe. It also means that a significant portion of Kazakhstan is part of Europe. All of Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and other Volga regions are 100% geographically part of Europe. All of Ciscaucasia (Chechnya, Dagestan, Circassia, etc) are also 100% geographically part of Europe.
So where would you draw the line between Europe and Asia?
Here is how I would do it:
Caucasus
• Border between Asia and Europe would be along the Volga and Don rivers. Everything south of Volga-Don is Asia (Caucasus) and everything north of it is Europe. This means that Chechnya, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Circassia, Dagestan, etc. are all 100% geographically part of Asia now.
Urals
• Historically, the Volga region was not considered part of Europe, and even today it still has Tatarstan, etc. so I decided to draw a line that excludes it from Europe. It was hard to draw a line based on rivers. So I drew a line based on the 40th meridian east (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_meridian_east). That way, Moscow is part of European Russia. This line cuts through Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Vladimir.
• I am not too sure about this border by the way and might change my mind since it's very hard to draw the line between Europe and Asia in that region.
https://i.imgur.com/f4n7Vbc.jpg
Here is another division I am pondering based on a combination of the 40th meridian east and some rivers:
https://i.imgur.com/yRBaHaO.jpg
How would you draw the border between Europe and Asia?