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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Area

How large is "area" like in "a mountainous area"?
As large as a state, a prefecture, a city, a country?
  

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It's unspecified. But it can be larger than a country. A brief check with the google finds the term "American Cordillera," which describes the contiguous mountainous area that runs down the western side of North, Central, and South America.

  • It's unspecified.
  • But it can be larger than a country.
  • A brief check with the google finds the term "American Cordillera," which describes the contiguous mountainous area that runs down the western side of North, Central, and South America.
  • The part in the United States takes up about a third of the country and includes all or parts of about a dozen states, the smallest of which is just about at the median for country sizes.
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It's unspecified. But it can be larger than a country. A brief check with the google finds the term "American Cordillera," which describes the contiguous mountainous area that runs down the western side of North, Central, and South America. The part in the United States takes up about a third of the country and includes all or parts of about a dozen states, the smallest of which is just about at

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