/r/geography

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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."

Submission Guidelines

Please read the rules before posting!

Discussions of all branches and scales of geography are highly encouraged! If you have a question, no matter how basic or complex, ask away.

Assigning a post flair is required.

Links to original sources are preferred.

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

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Planetary Phenomena

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I tried fitting the top 100 smallest countries into the pacific ( The First Was a Typo )

8 Comments
2024/11/18
06:33 UTC

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The peak of the Roman Empire is one of the more dramatic moments shown on this animated European map

3 Comments
2024/11/18
04:58 UTC

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Any good geography games on websites?

Im bored of playing other games that need downloading, so i want to play a geography game that is good and fun at the same time. Any Recomended games?

4 Comments
2024/11/18
04:47 UTC

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How did this even happen? (image: Vinicunca in Peru)

10 Comments
2024/11/18
04:38 UTC

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What causes these straight lines in the Australian Desert? (-23,674451, 121,935675)

37 Comments
2024/11/18
03:37 UTC

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Anybody else live in a county shaped like their state?

I grew up in Dekalb County Georgia and this was how I found it on the map. Surely there are other/better examples of this

35 Comments
2024/11/18
03:28 UTC

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Europe, What is going on here?

373 Comments
2024/11/18
02:54 UTC

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Climate of Peru

7 Comments
2024/11/18
01:50 UTC

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What is this checkerd pattern all over Oregon?

9 Comments
2024/11/18
00:58 UTC

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Would it be worth the effort to fill Laguna Salada with desalinated water?

It could provide Mexicali and surrounding farms with fresh water. Wildlife in the region could boom. A freshwater fishing industry could start up. The mountain could absorb water, adding to river flow, which could lessen the need to desalinate. But it would be expensive and the reward might not be large enough for the effort.

22 Comments
2024/11/17
23:17 UTC

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If New Mexico had this piece of Texas (since geographically it makes sense) how would the USA be different (i.e. border, political party, wealth)

314 Comments
2024/11/17
22:48 UTC

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Balkans-more

Map of Baltimore City and some nearby counties which just so happens to kinda look like the Balkans

1 Comment
2024/11/17
20:44 UTC

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Why can't the US be divided by Blue and Red states and be governed accordingly?

Genuinely want to know why this can't be considered.

46 Comments
2024/11/17
19:09 UTC

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Is there any sacred place in the western hemisphere ?

In the same way as Saint-Jacques of Compostela, Lourdes, Mont Saint-Michel or Vatican ?

46 Comments
2024/11/17
17:02 UTC

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What is your favorite ancient lake bed that is still clearly visible today?

This is "Vallo di Diano" in Southern Italy. It's a special place for me because my grandparents live in a town on mountains above this big valley.

It has a surface of 725,3 km2 and an altitude of 458 meters. It was a huge lake during the pleistocene and gradually dried up until the area was a huge swamp. During the Roman empire, a reclamation process began where the Romans started draining the swamps but the project was abandoned due to the fall of the Roman Empire.

It was later in the 17th century that the Borbone family resumed the work. Nowadays it's a fertile valley with lots of towns.

This is how it looks like from my grandparent's balcony.

64 Comments
2024/11/17
14:56 UTC

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If you had to make a new 'Seven Wonders of the World', but you couldn't use any of the previous picks, what would they be?

There are currently 3 different sets of '7 Wonders':

The Seven Ancient Wonders:

  1. Great Pyramids of Giza
  2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
  4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
  5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
  6. Colossus of Rhodes
  7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Seven "Modern" Wonders:

  1. Great Wall of China
  2. Chichén Itzá
  3. Petra
  4. Machu Picchu
  5. Christ the Redeemer
  6. Colosseum
  7. Taj Mahal

and the Seven Natural Wonders:

  1. Aurora Borealis
  2. The Grand Canyon
  3. Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
  4. Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
  5. Mount Everest
  6. Parícutin
  7. Victoria Falls

If you were in charge of remaking at least one of these lists, but you couldn't reuse any of the previous choices, which "wonders" would you include, and why?

180 Comments
2024/11/17
14:46 UTC

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Did you know the state of New York is the only one to touch both The Atlantic Ocean and The Great Lakes?

31 Comments
2024/11/17
14:22 UTC

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Why does the boreal forest swoop down aroundHudson and James bays following the curve of the Canadian Shield?

46 Comments
2024/11/17
13:58 UTC

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So What exactly is going on with Great Salt Lake?

Will it become a catastrophy for the area?

Will Salt Lake city become uninhabitable?

8 Comments
2024/11/17
13:03 UTC

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Why is North Morocco part of the Eurasian plate?

56 Comments
2024/11/17
12:26 UTC

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What's the quietest open-air place you've ever visited / experienced?

140 Comments
2024/11/17
12:23 UTC

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Which is the biggest city not located on a (major) river? And how did it happen?

See above

26 Comments
2024/11/17
10:37 UTC

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Alternatively to the other other post - How cozy would it be to live in this part of Spain?

My entire name is basque even though I don’t speak or understand the language but I’ve heard some stories and watched a couple documentaries. My school has an exchange program with a university in Bilbao and I’m looking into the possibility of making it happen. Thoughts on the weather or hiking potential of the region?

105 Comments
2024/11/17
07:58 UTC

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Skateboarding from Venice beach California to New York City!

2 Comments
2024/11/17
06:30 UTC

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Meet the Susquehanna River, one of the world's oldest river. It's so old that it actually predates the mountain range it crosses. A map I made [OC]

46 Comments
2024/11/17
06:29 UTC

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The best cookies ever created

13 Comments
2024/11/17
06:11 UTC

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What’s it like to live here?

7 Comments
2024/11/17
04:18 UTC

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Why does Burkina Faso have the highest average yearly temperature?

I recently came across that Burkina Faso has the highest average yearly temperature of any country. I guess I was slightly shocked as I would have guessed Chad, Mali, or Niger would be the highest but Burkina Faso tops the list (linked below). This is measured by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures. I'm no expert but I was thinking that the more arid Sahara, the higher the average temperature but maybe there are more drastic temperature swings at night. Maybe the mix of tropical and arid Burkina Faso climate is the perfect mix to keep the average the highest? But doesn't Mali and Niger also share similar climates? It would be one thing if they were all top 3 within a 0.1 degree or something but there seems to be a slight margin.

Any ideas why Burkina Faso has the highest average yearly temperature?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_yearly_temperature

18 Comments
2024/11/17
02:42 UTC

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Are there any other places that you are "on" rather than "in" like cape cod?

I live on cape cod and if you tell a local that you are in cape cod they have a melt down and tell you that you are on cape cod. Everywhere else that I can think of you are in a place. You are in New York, you are in Paris, you are in London and so on. Are there any other places to be on?

471 Comments
2024/11/17
02:13 UTC

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Canadian Border Reality

https://preview.redd.it/r2aij28xfc1e1.jpg?width=1517&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fa2dd18a935e5403894b17572e963cba0a34236

Much of the Canadian border is farmland. Yes, there are official border crossings here and there. If you've lived or spent some time along the rural, walkable regions of the border, is there anything substantive to deter crossing the border at will where there is no government fence or gate?

35 Comments
2024/11/16
22:57 UTC

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