Why doesn’t the map of Africa match the dimensions of the world map

Explanation:

On flat maps, the actual sizes of continents are distorted because we are converting a spherical 3D surface into a 2D piece of paper. This leads to the sizes of landmasses being more distorted the more you near the poles. For instance, Greenland is the most talked-about landmass since it looks huge on a map, but is actually 14 times smaller than Africa. And Saudi Arabia has a lot more area than the UK and Franc

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