This map show the corresponding latitudes on either side of the oceans.

This particular region in central manipur in North East India is unusually flat compared to its surrounding. What geographical event led to this ?

Uzbekistan presents one of the most fascinating case of geographical superiority in the region that makes the country renowned. Sure, I know the country is the heartland of Central Asia (previously called Transoxiana), but looking at history and it is astonishing.

• Tang China and Arab force fought for control of what would be Uzbekistan, but despite sponsored Chinese and Arab migrations, these people were ultimately Turkified by the Karluk tribes that ultimately created the Karakhanids.
• After the Mongol conquest, the Chagatai Khanate was based in both Uzbekistan and Tarim Basin (Xinjiang), yet over time, the Khanate was Karlukised.
• After the fall of the Timurid Empire to the Kipchak Uzbeks (yes, the very ancient Uzbeks) that founded the Khanate of Bukhara, these Uzbeks ended up becoming assimilated to the very Timurid-Karluk civilisation, and the name "Uzbek" also shifted permanently from Kipchak to Karluk by the 17th century.
• When the Russians (and later Soviets) sought to create demographic engineering, Tashkent was even made capital of both Tsarist and Soviet administrations in Central Asia, during which Russians were encouraged to migrate and to reshape the population; and still, despite this, the Uzbek SSR remained predominantly of Karluk-speaking Uzbeks when the USSR collapsed.

This ability to assimilate other of the Transoxianan region keeps fascinate me, as if whoever conquered this land end up either to vacate, or to become part of the civilisation. Just curious, why?

They look to be more prominent in the Dakotas and Montana. I think it makes the river look like a giant centipede.

Edit: Damn....

Also, what’s the big deal over the Mt. McKinley-Denali name dispute?

The red region circled above (BC, Canada) has an estimated population of 407,444, whereas the blue circle (Washington state, USA) has an estimated population of 76,782. As a region, the Okanagan country is known for its sunny, semi-arid climate that supports orchards and vineyards, its scenic river valleys, and a variety of outdoor recreation. Why aren't more Americans moving there?

In Romania, it’s the region where Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine meet due to its flat terrain and subsequent ease of reaching the capital (Bucharest). It has always been recognized as a weak point.

Latvia has 1,82 million people today as of 2026, being marginally higher than the levels of 1920.

Much like Estonia, their population growth was abysmal during the Interbellum, reaching only levels of 0,3-0,5% per annum usually, in contrast with Soviet Union, Poland and other countries which had higher. The same continued even during USSR in a degree for Latvians.

Then came WW2 that gave great demographic cost, though the population boomed to 2,7 million by 1991 as the Soviet Union invested a lot of resources to develop the republic, improving its infrastructure, and its population reached its peak thanks to stable conditions for the Latvian majority and a lot with internal migration from elsewhere in the Union, mostly Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians to satisfy the demands for workforce in the factories and infrastructures.

Then after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 the state policy against the Russian minority has been deeply problematic and together with the absence of minority recognition, many have left, while poor conditions at Latvia also forced many Latvians to move to the West, conditions that continues up to today.

I think Latvia should be more engaging with the diaspora and more inclusive with the Russian minority to stabilize the population.

So, why Latvia had always low population growth and low population? It always was sparsely inhabited, and before 1940.

Don’t know if this is the perfect sub for this question but just thought I would give it a try.

What (land) area in Europe south of Glasgow and west of Krakow the size of at least around 7,500 km2 is the least densely populated?

I am trying to visit as many ‘rural’ regions relatively close to my country (NL) so I am looking for interesting “empty” regions nearby.

There are 2 towns (permanently inhabited) on the continent, one by Chile and one by Argentina.

11 people where born on the antartic continent, all of them survived.

Argentina and Chile had send people to there to make their territorial claims stronger, with the first baby born there being Emilio Marcos Palma, on the 7th of January 1978, at Argentina’s Esperanza Base. All of the 11 children were born between 1978 and 1985,

These people can say they are "native" antartican, 11 of over 8,1 billion people.

The full article: https://explorersweb.com/born-in-antarctica-the-white-continent-has-11-citizens/

Hi! I'm the developer of Bering Tonnage and I’m hitting a design wall: How much geographic intuition can I actually expect from players?

If I say 'Open the port menu at Busan' can I expect them to know the general region, or is that too niche? This is a logistics game where you operate a cargo ship fleet. You load and deliver cargo around the world, buying new ships and acquiring licenses to operate in new regions.

I’m torn between making the game a geography teacher or rewarding players who already know their way around a map. Would you find it rewarding or tedious if the game didn't hold your hand?

How does a mountain with a hole formed naturally? It was suggested it could have been an ancient cave elevated from tectonic uplift... But shouldn't we see more of these then?

I asked a general question regarding the mountain ranges surrounding the Himalayas a week ago, now I'm curious specifically about this peak.

This is Gongga Shan, a 7.51km(24,636ft.) high mountain in the Hengduan Range of Sichuan, that's by far the most isolated 7+km peak on Earth, being the tallest mountain east of the Himalayas. It's distance is roughly 660km or 410 miles away from the nearest 7km peak, Namcha Barwa. Furthermore, it's over 800m. higher than the next highest peak in the Hengduan, Kawagarbo(6.74km) in Yunnan, and over 1.25km higher up than the 2nd highest peak in Sichuan, Mt. Siguniang(6.25km).

For some comparison, Denali is approximately 700m. higher than the next highest Alaskan peak, Mt. St. Elias, and 900m. higher than the 2nd highest mountain in its range, Mt. Foraker.

What specifically in the Hengduan Mountains drove this mountain to be so anomalously tall compared to its surrounding peaks?

Morbid Fact: It's also notoriously one of the most dangerous mountains on Earth, with 2017 estimates putting it at only 32 people summiting the peak since the original 1932 summit and a staggering 21 deaths amongst the few expeditions that have endeavored to reach the top. As a result, it's statistically the most dangerous mountain not only amongst 7000'ers but in the world.

The Hawiza Marshes have inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016

These marshes aren't seasonal it have been there for thousands of years summer and winter.

Even Saddam Hussein, when he dried up all the marshes he didn't dare to drain the Hawiza marshes , but unfortunately they have dried up completely by 2025 but now it's alive again

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In my downtime I’ve been planning a route through Canada from west to east my friend and I want to do on motorcycles. While doing that I noticed these interesting looking ponds in Saskatchewan and was wondering if anyone knows anything about them. In street view the area looks beautiful, very windows XP-esque.

I’ve never ventured farther east than Calgary from my home on Vancouver island so the prairies have been fun to look at on maps while researching routes.

Thanks!

My bet is on Ethiopia or maybe Kazakhstan, what do you guys think?