/r/geography
The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.
Welcome to r/geography!
Geography is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena, and goes far beyond simple location identifications on a map or general trivial information such as capitol and country names.
Geographers have a special understanding about the Earth and global systems and use analytical skills and applied methods to answer questions about human and physical phenomena. In short, geographers are particularly good at determining the "Why of Where."
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Discussions of all branches and scales of geography are highly encouraged! If you have a question, no matter how basic or complex, ask away.
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Please do not re-host images or maps at imgur or similar sites. Re-hosting prevents the author(s) from getting the recognition they deserve. It also prevents us, the reader, from seeing the context and background information the image was published in.
Original work is welcome. If you've created a map using real-world data, or written an article or blog post etc, please share. Note that fictitious maps and graphics will be removed.
For geoguessing and challenges, see r/geoguessr, r/geoguessing, r/guessthecity, and r/WWTT
For memes and jokes, see r/geographymemes and r/planningmemes
For everything related to flags, see r/vexillology
User Flair
If you have an undergraduate level or higher degree of education in geography or a related field, message the mods to get a custom flair that specifies your specific area of expertise. Otherwise, feel free to add one of our existing flair options for your interest in a specific subfield of geography.
Related Subs
Maps and Cartography
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yes, only toronto
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Wohoo
As the post says, what’s the population? I can’t find this information anywhere.
Intercoastal waterway
I tried my best to name all the cities in the U.S.A. (Please don’t be harsh I’m from poland 🇵🇱 )
https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa/share/1847608
That’s the link to it
Does anybody here have any information regarding Medanod island? I asked chatgpt for uknown islands, until it gave me a place named Medanod island... seems undocumented, information on the interent is zero to nothing from what i have been researching...
Any help would be awe-inspiring!
I've had this discussion with people from other parts of the world and their answers vary wildly depending on where they are from.
Americans from the east coast have told me Denver (1500-1600 meters above sea level) is a high altitude city... while people from Denver itself gave said something like 3000 meters or more.
Europeans tend to give low numbers, with a British friend saying something like 1000 meters to be high.
I've seen Guangzhou have a reported population of 70 million but not everyone seems to agree, why is this?
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is pictured
I really appreciate the effectiveness with which this communicates data. It is a bit hard to read of course, at least without detailed knowledge of American geography and political patterns. However, I think there are some advantages to this the over the more easily understood ones. Mostly that this correctly maintains the messy purpleness and geographic/cultural relationship between places. Symbolically I love the rather artistic biological representation of human voting, since we are partially biological creatures. Normally I try to stay accessible, but sometimes it’s fun to cater to knowledgeable folks as well. Curious what the academics of r/geography make. Not interested in overly political commentary, or causing in drama here in what is normally a very respectful subreddit.
Description from original creator and link to source at Wikimedia Commons:
County level results of the 2020 US Presidential election. Each county has been resized based on the total number of votes for president cast in that county. This means that each vote cast represents an equal amount of area on the image.
Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
I am a first-year university student majoring in Physical Geography. For one of my courses, I am required to interview somebody working in the field of Physical Geography, from any career such as meteorology, cartography, etc. The entire interview should take about 30 minutes. If you are currently working in the field and is free for an interview, please give me a DM so that we can arrange a time for an online meeting.
Hey everyone! I’ve been diving into more geography content lately, and I’d love to expand my horizons. Apart from this subreddit, do you know of any other cool geography news or photo communities on Reddit? Also, if anyone knows any interesting geography-themed Instagram accounts (like for satellite imagery, maps, or natural landscapes), please share!
Thanks in advance for any tips!
And how are county services (police, fire, etc.) administered? Are these services just administered by the federal and state government in the national park and big Cypress wildlife management area?
Either way, it’s a bizarre county. Seems like it should be a part of Miami-dade county instead.
I love just finding cool map/geography websites and exploring them, what niche recommendations do you have?
Here are some of my favorites if you want to check them out yourself!
So what is your favourite city on this planet and why?
I have to say London. It is a world city with lot of things to do like New York, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai or Sao Paulo. It is also pretty clean and has good public transportation.
What I really like about London is the large amount on green spaces, architecture (mix of old and new), town-feeling, interesting history, museums, theathers, interesting neighbourhoods and cozy pubs.
No city can beat the vibe of London.
I could be wrong, but it just looks very unique to me.
Not necessarily climate, but like an overall similarity to quality of life and stuff like that
Or to put it in a much simpler way if you go through the hours in the day:
Is there a time when it's NOT raining anywhere?
How does Russia decide whether to name the regions of their country Republics, Krais, Oblast? For example, Kaliningrad is an Oblast, Kamchatka is a Krai, Sakhalin is an Oblast, Sakha is a Republic. How do the decide which is which?