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20 Relatively Closest Non-Bordering Country Pairs by Geographical Center
Can you find the 20 pairs of non-bordering countries that are relatively closest together? Distance is measured between their geographical centers and is then divided by the sum of R1 and R2 which are the radii of circles having the same area as the two countries
Data from Portland State University (https://www.pdx.edu/econ/country-geography-data), for missing countries from CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2011.html)
Country A comes before Country B in alphabetical order
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Last updated: December 2, 2015
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4 Comments
Eutychus
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Level 94
Dec 2, 2015
I understand how these are calculated, but they are still a very strange collection.
scambigol
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Level 80
Dec 3, 2015
True, they're mostly kind of countries 'somewhat englobed' by another yet not bordering
Kontio100
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Dec 3, 2015
Its really, really hard to believe that these are correct. So big countries.
scambigol
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Dec 4, 2015
Thats because this quiz considers "relative" distance. If you reduce all sizes for example by 50%, the value stays the same
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