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"The amount of day and night that objectively happens in a place depends on your latitude, absolutely 100%."
"Norway's coastline is considered to be so enormous because of all these fjords that it's ranked as having the second longest coastline of all the countries in the entire world."
"Antarctica: a land of snow and ice and a hotbed of intrigue."
"Civilization started along four rivers: the Tigris, Euphrates, the Nile, and the Yellow River."
"Shout out North Carolina, maybe the most underrated state."
"Did you know that even Nature has its own metronome? This river is an example of Nature's complexity, located at the foot of a rugged mountain near the town of Afton, Wyoming."
"A person's religion is more often than not determined by their social and geographical background."
"Olympus Mons, a huge shield volcano on the surface of Mars, is about two and a half times Mount Everest's height above sea level."
"Regular viewers at Geographies know that we love our microstates, and they also know that we like to measure surface areas in terms of football fields."
"Counting up how many countries there are is a pretty complicated and pretty controversial business."
"The main determinant of religious belief... is where you were born."
"I am Greenland, the largest island on earth."
"Geography always plays an important role in war, both on the strategic and tactical level."
"Ethiopia enjoys a monsoon climate typical of equatorial countries but remains cooler than its neighbors at points of high elevation."
"The geography of Skyrim makes for a super interesting arena."
"The Pacific Northwest could better be described as the picturesque Northwest. It's an amazing region of the country."
"Electricity from renewable sources can be very cheap, and in parts of the country, it's ridiculously cheap."
"Biblical archaeology is combining the geography of the Bible with the history of the Bible and you find remains of where things happened and when."
"Most of Tibet exists on the highest plateau on the planet, which is why it's sometimes called the roof of the world."
"The Aleutians are a desolate necklace of wind-stripped terrain ravaged by forces so severe that this place has earned the name 'Cradle of the Storms'."
"The Aleutians are born of volcanoes; in fact, they are the peaks of an underwater mountain range."
"Welcome back everybody to your favorite YouTube show, you know it's your favorite because geography is everything."
"Antarctica is the world's southernmost continent; it is also the world's highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent."
"What makes Switzerland so neutral is that they border like three different countries."
"Pokémon's Kanto region is based on the real-life Kanto of Japan, suggesting the Pokémon world takes place in or alongside our world, Planet Earth, in the year 1996."
"Antarctica has 91 active volcanoes, more than any other continent in the world."
"It's the coldest, windiest, driest, and most desolate landscape on the planet."
"You've got to remember we're not overseas; we're in our own backyard."
"Your flight path will take you across North America, Asia, Europe, and back home to Florida."
"An entire culture and civilization based around one major river, it's incredible."
"The geography explains the 'why,' the 'why now' is demographics."
"The lowest place on Earth, at 1300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea has a salt content seven to eight times that of the world's oceans."
"Being so close to the river, the soil here is spectacular."
"California remains such a desirable location, spectacular geography, incredible climate."
"How many countries are on the continent of Africa? ...54."
"Rhode Island is nicknamed the Ocean State, a fitting name for a state surrounding Narragansett Bay, which cuts deep into the small state's interior."
"Map of the world by natural skin color: I'm really dumbfounded that I never realized skin color is literally just caused by being closer to or farther from the equator."
"The mountains that tower above the capital force pilots to descend much more steeply than at other airports."
"The biggest scam in history: Greenland Iceland."
"All recorded meteorite impacts in the US from 1918 to 2018: God hates Texas."
"The Flower Capital is based off of Tokyo, the eastern capital of Japan."
"Geography has long been a tool wielded by empires. Knowledge about strategic locations, mineral resources, locations of political power, and even how we talk about and describe cultures and people guide the leaders and rulers of the world."
"The difference between going to 'Ukraine' and going to 'the Ukraine' is significant... 'The Ukraine' implies that Ukraine is a region, a sub-region of something like Russia or the Soviet Union."
"The deep geography can be changed by action and by experience and by renaming."
"The history of the Pacific Northwest is completely tied to its geography."
"The driest place in the world is the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica."
"Geography Now has become YouTube's first and largest channel covering full informational profiles on every country in the world."
"Jebel al-Laws is as good a guess as any. It might even be the best guess. It's definitely better than anything in the Sinai Peninsula."
"The name Serengeti comes from the Maasai language; it means 'endless plains'."
"Western Europe's rivers often lead out into open seas providing access to seaports around the world."
"This is the Nile River—perhaps the single most legendary waterway in the world."
"The Yazidis are an ethno-religious people group indigenous to the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, Syria, and Turkey."
"The culture just has gotten so centralized. It's New York, DC, LA, and San Francisco. That's where the culture is."
"One of the remarkable facts about the African continent is that, despite being much larger than the continent of Europe, its coastline is shorter than the European coastline."
"This anomaly reflects Africa's lack of the numerous coastal indentations which form natural harbors in Europe, providing places where ships can dock, sheltered from the rough waters of the open seas."
"Capitalism never solves its crises problems; it moves them around geographically."
"Primarily, it provides intelligence. You can see from the bald front of Little Round Top most of Adams County, Pennsylvania, where the battle took place."
"Maps are a crucial tool for geographers to analyze and interpret the world."
"It's an interactive globe that can teach you information about all the different countries in the world."
"The ultimate way to understand the Middle East, or the constant that's lasted for thousands of years, is the geography."
"1,000 kilometers of desert cut right through the center by the mighty river Nile."
"You may not realize how close the launch site is to the beach. It's maybe a couple hundred yards in American, a couple hundred meters from the sand, and there's dunes and everything."
"It is 3:30 AD, and we are on the Bosporus, and the Bosporus is this small strip of land that connects the Black Sea to the Bosporus Sea which then flows down into the Aegean Sea."
"Rome stretched from Iberia to Africa, the long way – and while emperors did add a few more provinces in the following centuries, this new age was not defined by conquests, but the victorious quiet of the Pax Romana."
"Istanbul spans two continents and is divided by Bosphorus Strait; on one side of the city lies Europe, and the other side Asia."
"The Sahara Desert was a highway; it wasn't a barrier."
"This dream vacation holds a great appeal to me because of the unique geographical location of New Zealand, meeting its local people, knowing their cultural heritage."
"Which country is nicknamed the cockpit of Europe? It's actually Belgium."
"The Outer Hebrides also has the unloading Beckula too."
"County Galway is named after the city of Galway, it means stony river."
"The Pitcrin Islands give us a much wider breadth of languages and dialects."
"Bern and Berlin both come from Germanic roots meaning marshy place."
"Mount Everest might be getting all the attention but Mauna Kea in Hawaii is technically the tallest mountain in the world measuring over 33 000 feet from base to Summit."
"Australia is wider than the Moon, the Moon has a diameter of over 2100 miles while Australia's diameter from coast to coast is almost 2500 miles."
"This is the land of Jesus, this is where Jesus walked, this is where Jesus was born."
"Nowhere in Britain is more than 75 miles from the sea."
"Poland would be really cool... what do you guys think would be one of the first Scandinavian factions?"
"Is it likely that the geography of the Andes and the Altiplano have tilted to such an extent in over just the last 1000 years?"
"Each major Unova settlement is so distinct and easily recognizable in its own way."
"Australia has more arable land than Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos combined."
"Greece has about 2000 islands, in which only about 220 are inhabited."
"The island is in Eastern Indonesia, southeastern Indonesia."
"Mount Roraima is one of several flat highlands piercing the cloud cover."
"Israel is one of the smallest nations on the planet. It's the size of New Jersey."
"Alaska is part of the United States, but actually has a land border with Canada and is very close to Russia."
"There they go a world map Without Borders and Uruguay are the winners"
"Nara... You know what, we'll put it in with the heck but Nara actually sounds like it could almost be a city."
"Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, lies in the greater Mojave Desert."
"Plato also elaborates on the gold copper silver and tin mines of the Sierra Morena mountains of southern Spain which were by far the richest in the ancient world."
"Brighton otherwise known as Brighton and Hove is a very popular seaside resort town that's located right on the coast."
"The ancestor of the domestic apple grows wild in the Qin Shin Mountains of Kazakhstan."
"Has a direct correlation to happiness... some of these properties... further away from the shore... not as happy."
"Teaches world geography, zoology, all that good stuff, fauna as Tom said. That's your number one."
"It's just awesome that this area is a defined place now instead of a weird swamp."
"This is a great map, I really like the way it looks overall, it's just beautiful, no geographical complete impossibilities here."
"South Africa: home to a wide variety of landscapes."
"The Super Bowls went through... Washington, New York, and San Francisco."
"China tops the list for having the most natural resources estimated to be worth 23 trillion dollars."
"The rural counties of Southern Ohio are hilly Rocky and wide open, a quiet place for coal miners Factory workers and farmers."
"The Central African Republic is a landlocked country smack dab in the middle of Africa, despite being full of natural resources like gold, diamonds, and uranium. It's one of the poorest countries in the world."
"Nice little city right above San Luis Obispo."
"I really wanted to make this video in the first place because I found it just fascinating how this continent would create an alternate trade triangle."
"Just by changing our geography we change history, and I really like looking at this map and imagining what complex network it could have spawned."
"This is very weird. It's taking us near the water."
"Bali is not a country, it is a province of Indonesia."
"East Nusa Tenggara is Indonesia's southernmost province."
"The area is about 88% Christian mostly Protestant and famous for hosting the tallest peak of Indonesia Puncak Jaya which is also the tallest mountain on an island in the world."
"This family is from the coastal town of [name] and that is so far away from where we are right now."
"I mean, I love geography. It's one of those things that I've always just sort of been obsessed with."
"Borders separate people, but nothing like natural borders."
"We're all accustomed to having literally a map in the palm of our hands on our smartphones. But there's this huge portion of our planet that's completely hidden from us by water."
"Borders fascinate me so much because I live on an island where there are no physical land borders."
"It's crazy that there's a tripoint border you can visit."
"We have more land where there's no one than we have land where there is anyone."
"What start off as Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh, Hoenn, and the Sevii islands, all references to real-life locations in Japan."
"We're now crossing the Nullarbor. This is now the world's longest straight section of railway track. 300 miles without a single curve now all the way across the Nullarbor and this is the view for the next 300 miles."
"This area is really just kind of east of Washington DC, our nation's capital, super populated area, but out here it's very kind of wide open, lots of small towns, forested areas."
"Atlantis was also said to have an abundance of exotic fruit and vegetables which makes the case for it being in North Africa even more compelling."
"At certain spots you can even touch both continents simultaneously."
"It's crazy to me that a city like Las Vegas exists because it's kind of in the middle of nowhere."
"The quality of your education in the United States of America is defined by your zip code."
"Between 8,000 and 6,200 BC, just about the only permanent fixture of Doggerland was its gradual retreat into the North Sea."
"Their borders will include the mountains of Israel."
"Paradise Falls is based on Angel Falls in Venezuela, the tallest waterfall on earth."
"It kind of all starts with the geography and that ties specifically to agriculture."
"Sweden is more forested and has more farmland."
"Shanghai is the economic heart of China, Beijing is the political heart."
"I think he's boat in China, definitely Japan though."
"The entrance to San Francisco Bay is called the Golden Gate, and there's a lot of reasons for why they kept missing it."
"It has everything from historical towns to beaches perfect for surfing the highest point on the island is Mount Pele with an elevation of 1397 meters."
"We can say with a degree of certainty I'm afraid, will be in the United Kingdom and the United States for next winter."
"Let's take a look at all the regionals in the world... where are they located and where can you get certain ones."
"So this is a thing. I should start making videos about cities in Canada."
"Even though it's part of Russia, it's not actually connected to Russia."
"Occupying less than half a square kilometre and completely encircled by Rome, is Vatican City."
"It earned its nickname because a long time ago this was all underwater but then they drained the Everglades."
"Very ancient monuments rest upon the tops of each mountain."
"India is home to the world's largest democracy."
"The moon's phase can reveal your location on Earth."
"I feel like when you show people a defensive snake that's the best thing you can do to help somebody get over a fear of snakes."
"Ohio State's territory definitely connects pretty funky."
"Jumping into the seasons that we have here, we have all four seasons but they're much... they're some of them are really, really short."
"Indiana is the state that people use to get to other states."
"The magnificent nation is bordered by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the Northeast, and Syria to the north."
"London's West End, also known as Theatreland, is particularly well known."
"Above the clouds high in the Himalayas, the old Silk Road climbs through 14,000 feet to the Nutella Pass where two immense nations meet."
"Asia is a massive continent and it's also the most populous continent in the entire world."
"The center of the Marvel Universe is the very real New York."
"Up in space, astronauts can locate the capital cities of every state."
"The most fun thing about playing GeoGuessr with a live chat is stumbling upon a place that someone in the chat is from."
"Cheers to a successful round of geography, I feel so intellectually challenged right now."
"We sit on the northernmost boundaries of the Chihuahuan Desert."
"The shape of the earth became a hot topic of debate around the turn of the 19th century."
"Austria will always be the majestic land in the very heart of Europe."
"Borders are just that, lines on a map that can be changed."
"Nepal is often called the 'Roof of the world'."
"It's good land for sheep but also for corn. But also, it has lots of very attractive bits of scenery where, you know, the Cotswolds well known for that. And a lot of these villas are cited for aesthetic reasons, as well as practical reasons."
"The Pine Barrens... a quarter of the state of New Jersey, has been considered an inhospitable land."
"Zombie apocalypse while on vacation in Malta? Listen, if there's a zombie apocalypse in Malta, I'm going down, brother, because that is an island. You can't trick me on a geographic trick question like that."
"Unlike the ancient dyke, a slow-moving river meanders between both countries blissfully oblivious to any modern border."
"Rivers don't follow political boundaries, rivers flow through states over international borders."
"It's all thanks to you guys that you've made it possible for us to not just be lonely gamer people and our bedrooms but we get to be on the internet now."
"The war in the Pacific, you really need to just look at the map of the Pacific and you see this is a sea war and an air war first."
"Phantom Islands underscore the evolving nature of geographical knowledge, showing how errors and misconceptions from the past continue to be uncovered and corrected as exploration and technology advance."
"There's nothing better than being at the place going to the terrain and then playing a game."
"I want to find out where Topeka fits in there on the state capital hierarchy."
"What's happening? It's a whole bunch of islands!"
"Costa Rica, a small Central American country known for its unique geography."
"Hokkaido, the largest of Japan's four main islands."
"It's one of the biggest cave networks in the world and they go right underneath the Badlands and connect to the cave openings and the badlands."
"Covering a total area of six million square kilometers and stretching across nine different countries in South America is the mighty Amazon Rainforest."
"Japan is a country made up of islands along the Pacific coast of Asia."
"For whoever possesses the maps knows the routes to the riches of the earth."
"Holy sites matter; religion has a geographic dimension."
"The North is freezing, the Riverlands are burnt, the Stormlands are spent."
"It is squeezed between France and Spain, on the Pyrenees mountain range – so no shortage of high mountains or blowing winds up there!"
"The flood plain was easy to cultivate and build on, so the society that sprung up was startlingly well urbanized."
"The Matterhorn is one of the most famous mountains on the planet."
"Antarctica is one of the strangest places on the face of the Earth."
"The Mariana Trench is the deepest Oceanic region on the planet."
"It's really cool when you find things that you don't expect to find on a map."
"There's a lot of different environments that all come together to make up the western United States."
"Yanartas, known as 'flaming stone,' is a geological hot spot in southwestern Turkey where small fires burn constantly."
"It's essentially a scale model of the northern hemisphere of the planet."
"The fact that it's so specific, I don't know of anybody that's told me yet that says that has told us or our team that there are mountains called Safa and Marwa specifically those names for the two mountains."
"Tsunami that radiated out across the sea... struck Norway then Iceland and Greenland traveling faster in the deeper water of the Atlantic."
"Geographical pricing: Variation in demand and operational costs."
"The epicenter of global power lay in three joined continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa, that he called the World Island."
"Just like that, we have two very important and powerful provinces that we need to form Prussia."
"The mighty Rhine is joined by the Mosel River at Koblenz, the city's name coming from the Latin word for confluence."
"When it comes to Wild dramatic Moors, it has to be the Brontës' Yorkshire."
"Hello from Sweden, hello from Latvia, where are you all from? Let us know in the comments."
"What was once a single island was destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption and all that remains today is the caldera rising out of the Aegean Sea."
"That was insane! Pushed to the absolute limit. That was the best piece of geography content I think I've ever seen."
"For more than 6700km, the Nile snakes through forests, slashes through gorges, and floats through deserts."
"It's about a state of mind, it's not about a state in the Union."
"More meteorites have been found in Antarctica than on all other continents combined, making it a hotspot for extraterrestrial rock hunters."
"Lubbock, Texas is one of the cheapest places to retire in the country."
"Fort Wayne really should be number one on this list."
"The Sahara, the most unforgiving desert on earth, stretches like a dry rolling sea across 10 countries."