/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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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
Region-specific
yes, only toronto
Planetary Phenomena
r/geography + all the above in a MegaGeoSubreddit
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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?
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
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.
Map of Baltimore City and some nearby counties which just so happens to kinda look like the Balkans
Genuinely want to know why this can't be considered.
In the same way as Saint-Jacques of Compostela, Lourdes, Mont Saint-Michel or Vatican ?
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.
There are currently 3 different sets of '7 Wonders':
The Seven Ancient Wonders:
The Seven "Modern" Wonders:
and the Seven Natural Wonders:
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?
Will it become a catastrophy for the area?
Will Salt Lake city become uninhabitable?
See above
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?
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
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?
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?