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Disputed Statements

Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.

24 statements marked Debated.

The Middle East, Area (sq km)7222000.000000

The Middle East, Regions

Standing

Concerns Area (sq km)

Currently States 7222000.000000

Definitions vary by which states are counted (Cyprus and Egypt are borderline); figures in the literature range from about 6 to 7.2 million sq km.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Sahel, Area (sq km)3053200.000000

The Sahel, Regions

Standing

Concerns Area (sq km)

Currently States 3053200.000000

The Sahel has no strictly defined boundary; this figure is a commonly cited estimate for the semi-arid transitional belt.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Wadden Sea, Length (km)500.000000

Wadden Sea, Bodies of Water

Standing

Concerns Length (km)

Currently States 500.000000

Approximate coastal length as commonly reported for the trilateral World Heritage system; sources vary in whether they measure the outer barrier-island chain or the inner tidal-flat coastline, and the atlas has not yet read a single authoritative figure covering both conventions.

Source Wadden Sea Quality Status Report

Western Europe, Population199600000.000000

Western Europe, Regions

Standing

Concerns Population

Currently States 199600000.000000

UN geoscheme nine-country definition; other schemes (CIA, EuroVoc) draw Western Europe's own membership differently.

Source Regions Of Europe (WorldAtlas)