Just a sidenote: I came across a video from the creator of these above maps ('India in Pixels'), where he was talking about the importance of maps and visual representation. He used the two maps above as examples, wherein a couple of his subscribers had suggested that because rice has lesser protein than wheat does (especially stuff such as gluten), the regions consuming more rice might therefore consume more meat in order to compensate for the relative lack of protein in rice as compared to wheat, thereby leading to the above correlation.

I personally don't know how correct this is. It could just be due to diet preferences due to other reasons (cultural or otherwise). I also know that correlation is not causation. Nonetheless, I found this map and this correlation very intriguing and interesting, so I thought of sharing it here. Lemme know what you guys think of it

P.S: Apologies if the picture quality isn't good, but unfortunately for some reason I couldn't add multiple images on this sub (idk why, coz this doesn't happen in other subs), so I'd to add the two images side-by-side

I originally posted my idea at the link in the parenthesis (https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/5PGrC91opn) but I made a few mistakes when I did. This is a map of the world if every country annexed its borders in alphabetical order. Essentially, the first country alphabetically annexes every country they border. The countries annexed are wiped from the game. Then, the next country alphabetically does, until there are very few countries at all. If a country borders another Empire's annxed territory, then it annexes that Empire. This excludes Antarctic claims. Territories of other countries are counted as part of that country. This is the real map.

Thank you to u/izqube for pointing out some of my most major mistakes.

I was watching this documentary on Famagusta, Cyprus and I got major Deja vu.. the residents all left there homes thinking they'd come back? Sounds alot like Chernobyl to me

I made this map of if every country annexed eachother alphabetically. Essentially it starts with the first country alphabetically annexing all of its borders, then the next, and so on. If a country is annexxed it is eliminated, meaning it doesn't annex anywhere on its turn. I did this all the way to the letter Z. Antarctic borders not included. This is what the world looks like.

I think it's the Thar Desert in India and Pakistan. It has some pretty beautiful scenery and some interesting biodiversity compared to other deserts.

Would the world really be that affected?

I've learned the old school way of determining longitude was to determine when the sun is at its peak in the sky and compare with the local time difference relative to GMT. The earth rotates 15° in an hour, e-z.

The idea is great, and while I've seen error attributed to some solar vs clock time discrepancies...but what about "true" local time differing greatly within a time zone? Ohio and Maine are both in EST, but the longitudes are very different, so this will introduce dramatic error, yes? Given knowledge of what I'm calling true local time, you already know longitude...so...yeah.

Really, AFAIK, you have the old "one equation, two unknowns" problem, right? So what would you do if the longitude via chronometer method was all you had?

I know that there are countries like Afghanistan, Switzerland, and bhutan that are practically impossible to invade due to how mountainous they are. Along with countries like Vietnam being hard to invade due to the dense jungles there, but i want to know what country would be the hardest to invade in the world.

I think my question is quite clear.

e.g.:

Lima, Peru is east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Credit: NASA SVS

I play this game called „Wo liegt das?“ (it’s probably translated to „Where is it?“). I noticed that in their app there is this weird grey circle in Kazakhstan. Does anybody have an explanation for that or is it just a random glitch?

Most places in the tropical region like Phuket, Manila, Panama,etc. have temperatures that are 25 to 35 celsius almost every day of the year, but they also have huge chances of precipitation and little chance for clear skies, over 90% chance of muggy conditions for every single month and so on.

On the other hand summers in the mediterranean get equally as hot, but the amount of rain and clouds is several times smaller even in rainier parts like Montenegro, not to mention drier ones like Crete, muggy condition chance is 20 to 40% at most, but the downside is that the summer and warm weather don't last that long.

Are there any places in the world that have the best of both worlds - long and warm summers, but with clear and sunny skies most of the time?

Is the Nadiža/Natisone valley in Slovenia an example of river piracy?

I found this relief map online which seems to show a valley running the length of western NH longer than any river I can think of. What caused this valley.

I am exploring Montpellier, Marseilles, and nice. I love reading up on the background of the places I travel too, but am not sure where to start looking for Human Geographie related writing. The closest example to what I am interested in is the kind of topic featured in the geographische Rundschau: https://www.westermann.de/zeitschriften/sekundarstufe/geographische-rundschau/. Anything you have read and loved? Can be academic or literary. Maybe this is too left field but I thought I would ask anyway!

Merci!