/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.

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Which African countries could perform better governance if they were federations instead of unitary states?

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2025/02/02
22:32 UTC

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Stone, Thrones, and Lost Empires: The Architectural Might of Achaemenid Persia

Looking for the best communities for architectural history. Please let me know

0 Comments
2025/02/02
22:26 UTC

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Which came first? The name of Sardinia the island or sardines the fish?

Were the fishes named after the island or the island after the fish?

Or they are utterly unrelated and just superficially similar ?

1 Comment
2025/02/02
22:07 UTC

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Isla del Sol - Bolivia

Lake Titicaca. In the distance you can see the Ancohuma mountain, part of the Cordillera Real in the Andes.

1 Comment
2025/02/02
21:34 UTC

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Why is this area in Antarctica high resolution when you zoom in, but everything around it is blurry or pixellated? And what are the tracks? -84.6472686,-116.1816875

6 Comments
2025/02/02
21:27 UTC

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Will NYC and LA no longer be the biggest cities soon? I need common sense advice.

Ok, I am thinking of moving to a different city in the USA, but right now I feel like I live in a time in history where its harder than ever to decide where to move too. Am I the only one that feels this way?

I saw this on a podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqOlOP4Dtl4 , and its interesting what they said and I had an eye opening moment.

I am 40 years old now but back in the 90s when I grew up, New york city, Los Angeles, and Chicago, were like the kings of the USA. Chicago actually used to be #2 by the way in the 80s, and its why it was nicknamed "2nd city". It always felt like these cities were the place to be if you like to "feel like your in a big city" and be around the most people, and feel that energy. I've been to all 3 of these cities in the past and loved all 3 of them.

I have a theory that ever since the pandemic hit in 2020 with the lockdowns, its as if New york city, los angeles, and chicago are losing records amount of people. When you look at the largest cities in the USA, those 3 are losing more people every year than gaining, and then you hear of places like dallas, houston, phoenix or atlanta, gaining massive amounts of people. I think I heard something that dallas could even surpass chicago as the 3rd biggest metro in the USA soon in the next decade, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT? That's astonishing to me

I would like to move to a big city today, however I don't want to move anywhere that is going to become small in the next 5 or 10 years either.

I am curious how long it will be till NYC or LA is no longer the top 2 biggest cities in the USA, or do you think they will rebound it self and be at the top as it always has?

OR: could this happen?

https://www.movebuddha.com/blog/visualizing-us-cities-2100/#:~:text=The%20future%20of%20America%20may,the%20country's%20most%20populous%20cities.

This article predicts that The future of America may lie in Texas. Based on current migration trends, moveBuddha predicts that by 2100Dallas, Houston, and Austin will replace NYC, LA, and Chicago as the country’s most populous cities.

Like I said from the beginning of this post, right now I feel like I live in a time in history where its harder than ever to decide where to move too. To many cities growing and predicted to out pace others and the biggest cities losing people.

15 Comments
2025/02/02
21:19 UTC

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Surprising Geographical Distances

A common one is El Paso, TX is closer to San Diego, CA than Houston, TX.

What are some others? I just tested one in Google that surprised me. Baker, MT is closer to Minneapolis, MN than to Troy, MT up near the Idaho panhandle, by about 100 miles. Montana is massive.

8 Comments
2025/02/02
20:18 UTC

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Why aren't Mexico, Cuba, or any other Central American / Caribbean countries part of NATO-OTAN?

229 Comments
2025/02/02
19:40 UTC

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Canal to join great lakes to Hudson Bay and Arctic Ocean

There is only a few kilometers of canal that would have to be built in order to create a Northwest Passage shortcut that directly connects to the great lakes and thus waterways connecting to the Hudson River and the Mississippi. This would avoid the need to use the Labrador Sea and Hudson Strait which are stormy, dangerous, remote and known for icebergs. The Nelson River already drains into Hudson Bay and connects to a series of lakes which starts at Lake Winnipeg, which continuously connects to waterways leading to Lake of the Woods. Lake of the Woods is only about 90 km from another series of waterways along the Canada-US border that connects up to Lake Superior. Not all of these waterways are presently navigable, but a few canals would create a much safer and cheaper passage to Asia for many parts of the Eastern USA. This also might technically turn Eastern Canada into an island.

https://preview.redd.it/w4c63tbpvrge1.png?width=1090&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f28590462289a108fbfb3cb4bc997a0d7cdd969

15 Comments
2025/02/02
19:17 UTC

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whats that website where you click on all the countries you know on a map?

I cant remember the name of the website. But you pick out all the countries you know to test your knowledge.

10 Comments
2025/02/02
18:28 UTC

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the westernmost point of virginia is more wester than the westernest part of west virginia

46 Comments
2025/02/02
18:20 UTC

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If yk what this is. Congrats.

It’s not complete)

12 Comments
2025/02/02
17:50 UTC

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Trivia: which geographical region atleast 1500 meters above sea level has most population?

Any point of that region below 1500 meters shouldn't be valid.

11 Comments
2025/02/02
17:36 UTC

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What are the nerdiest things you can know about geography?

So, I'm a writer, and one of my characters is supposed to be a huge nerd about geography. She is a geography professor, and she's someone to lecture you about concepts within the field and to know weird geography facts off the top of her head. I've thought she could definitely point at any country on a world map, she probably has a pretty good idea of how borders have changed throughout history. Other than that, I'm... Not sure.

Do you have an interest in any weird geography-related subjects? What are they?

Edit: All suggestions are welcome, but I also want to mention that this character is Norwegian and so has a particular fondness for Norway and other Nordic countries.

Edit 2: More direction. She's more on the arts side, not the science side of geography. She likes pure defining and mapping of borders. Coordinate systems, absolute locations of things, etc. It extends to star maps and just maps of anything. She also has a sort of side interest in history, so I'd say she leans more the geographical history side of things. But again, all facts are welcome. I need things to write her lecturing people about over dinner.

78 Comments
2025/02/02
16:41 UTC

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Karst Fields

Does someone have an idea on how I can present Karst Fields visually in my High School to make it intriguing for the class so they do not get bored. I already have the material ready. It would really help and have a nice yall!

4 Comments
2025/02/02
16:38 UTC

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Why is the Arctic Ocean an ocean?

Shouldn’t it be more of a sea? It’s like a million times smaller than all the other oceans

11 Comments
2025/02/02
15:58 UTC

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Geographic Regions of States that are Surprising

Many states are well known for certain features. A good example is Oregon and Washington being known for their volcanic peaks, evergreen forests, rain, and foggy coastlines. I'd always heard of the rain shadow effect but you best believe I was shocked at how much of a true desert the eastern halves (almost 2/3, really) of those states were when I managed to visit years ago. Experiencing this in person is different than just learning about it in school.

What are examples of regions in state that don't fit the mold of what we typically associate with that state?

19 Comments
2025/02/02
15:43 UTC

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how do they repair uplifted roads from earthquake?

Also during tsunamis do they displaced seafloors stay like that forever?

1 Comment
2025/02/02
15:21 UTC

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Did some tectonic activity in the past lead to these lakes in a line? Or just coincidence?

123 Comments
2025/02/02
15:19 UTC

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[OC] Can you name all of France's neighboring countries?

6 Comments
2025/02/02
15:00 UTC

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Paris at home

"Mom, can we go to Paris?" "No, we got Paris at home." Paris at home:

1 Comment
2025/02/02
13:03 UTC

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Which city/cities in other parts of the world have a climate similar to Melbourne?

Melbourne’s climate confuses me ngl

121 Comments
2025/02/02
10:40 UTC

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Boston (maybe) was chosen for autumn! Which city best represents MOUNTAINS?

260 Comments
2025/02/02
09:07 UTC

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Which country has the most imbalance subdivisions?

79 Comments
2025/02/02
08:39 UTC

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Why are areas near Antarctica very. Clearly photo shopped…? Look around any other continent. Crystal clear edges etc. these are edited. Got them off Apple Maps. Whats your opinion? Am I just acting crazy??

8 Comments
2025/02/02
06:04 UTC

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What did I find in Canada by the Nelson River at 56°26'02"N 94°13'22"W? It's about 1km across.

24 Comments
2025/02/02
04:42 UTC

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Which countries have a sovereign internal sea that's connected to the ocean? I know of the Bohai Sea in China and the Hudson's Bay in Canada

119 Comments
2025/02/02
04:01 UTC

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