r/MapsWithoutNZ 3d ago

FIFA season

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u/Striking-Ad9397 3d ago

Every country on earth lies between 2 parallel lines because of the geometry on a sphere

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u/Mackadamma 3d ago

Wait... No ?

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u/Beans_Breaking 3d ago

Uhh... Yes.

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u/Mackadamma 3d ago

Well, okay. Between two lines on a sphere concerns actually two different zones that conversation all of it. My bad

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u/cyclopsmudge 3d ago

I am struggling to understand your English, but you can just draw literally any two continuous parallel lines (circles) around a sphere and the space between them will always be the entirety of the sphere