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Aperocky
on Feb 16, 2020
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A 2,500-mile radius in Asia contains half the worl...
The circle contains 1/3 ocean and ocean is not landmass. You'll have to revise your calculation. Also, since the circle contains Tibet, desert in Xinjiang and Mongolia, your assumption that all of that is habitable land is even more wrong.
labawi
on Feb 17, 2020
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The water is a fair point, but GP didn't exclude Sahara, middle east or other deserts, so it would not be proper to exclude Xinjiang or Mongolia.
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