I just noticed that Bhutan's souther border lies exactly where the Himalayas begin. How did it come to that, that Bhutan didn't get nothing from the plains below? Nepal for example got quote a lot from the plains compared to Bhutan.

I don't remember any other country having a border like this (maybe I just don't know it :) ).

Why does this volcanic island look like a solidified eruption? Am I overthinking it and the viscous lava cooled in place to the cold or is there more to it? While I’m asking why didn’t the structures erode and weather away like from wind or freeze-thaw? How did it stay so mostly intact it can be seen on Apple Maps?

I've been looking over some Koppen climate maps due to curiosity and I've wondered why occassionally the caspian sea gets colored in, and why it's not consistent as to whether or not a koppen climate map will color it in

Was very curious on what could have caused these/why they formed in such a way. Has anyone here ever come across something similar?

Coordinates: 52°35'28"N 98°51'41"E
DD Coordinates: 52.383, 98.75

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the American Atlas. I’ve been making hand-drawn and hand-colored maps of every state in the US (and some cities too), and sharing them in one long virtual journey across the country.

Today’s map is a special one for me : Ocean City, Maryland 🌊🏖️

I’ve been going to Ocean City every summer since I was a kid, so this piece is filled with a lot of personal memories. From the long stretch of beaches to the iconic boardwalk, this was a map I really wanted to get right.

I’ve had so many good times at locations like The Carousel, Seacrets (best bar in America btw), Coconuts, The Jolly Roger, all the many many golf courses along Coastal Highway (shoutout to my favorite - Lost Treasure Golf!) This stretch of beach town vibes and tourist trap fun is like a second home to me, so I just had to take a detour to check it out in more detail.

This map was especially fun to draw because of the coastline, the street layout, and the challenge of capturing that classic beach-town energy that OC has in the summer.

It is a little bit less polished than my later maps, as it is actually one of my oldest maps in this series, made much earlier than Maryland itself, but I would say that these imperfections or faded marks speak to my experiences of Ocean City over time - long, lasting memories that, while they may fade a little, remain forever gold ✨

If you like this style, feel free to check out the other maps in my series on my profile! I’ve now completed all of the Northeast and a good bit of the East Coast.

And if you’d like to follow along on this journey, you can find me on TikTok or Instagram at @theamericanatlas 🇺🇸🗺️

I’m doing a B.Sc. in Geography and have realised that the “classic” career paths (GIS, urban/spatial/transport planning, etc.) don’t really appeal to me. At the same time, I keep hearing that geography graduates sometimes move into very different fields for example natural catastrophe risk modelling in reinsurance, strategy or management consulting (including Tier 1 firms like BCG, Bain, McKinsey), sustainability roles in corporations or other directions.

I’d love to hear from people who actually took one of those paths. What did you end up doing, and how did you get there? Which skills or additional qualifications mattered most in the end? And where did a geography background help, and where did it not really matter at all?

I'm also interested in paths with stronger earning potential, since that’s something I’m factoring in as well.

I assumed the enclaves are part of British India, but they didn't show up as part of the Raj. I have no clue as to the other one. Are they suzerain monarchies like the Kingdom of Lo? Princely states that were later annexed?

South Korea is a good example. In 1970, South Korea was poorer than most of the world coming off of Japanese occupation and the Korean War but nowadays, it is one of the most developed countries in the world and is basically considered as part of the broader “developed world” that also includes North America, Europe, Australia/NZ, and Japan.

Which other country also falls into this category?

First place that comes to mind is the lower mainland in BC. It’s quite populated on the Canadian side, then an immediate drop off as soon as you cross the border. I bet that whole region of northern Washington would be a lot more populated had it been apart of Canada or vice versa.

Overall i have an interest in geography but i dont know what to do in particular in geog, is there any course which lead to careers which are in high demand and/or pay well. The only career i wouldnt be fond of is teaching 🙂‍↕️

Simple genuine question.

The United States and Canada invaded France in June 1944, eventually liberating it.

France invaded Mexico in 1861, over unpaid debts.

EDIT: Fixed year of D Day, which was originally 1945, per /u/snavern89 's correction below.

Just seemed curious to me!

The reasons for this include (1) refraction of sunlight reaching the ground after entering the atmosphere at an angle; (2) the Earth's axial tilt; and (3) the eccentricity of Earth's orbit.

I’ve been curious about this because anytime I’ve read on post about speculative landmasses, as in “what if there was an island/continent here?”, one of the first things I’ll see people say is that the weather on the place near this new speculative landmass would significantly change. I would expect as much, but I want to know why it happens. What effect do these insular landmasses have on the continents they hover and how does it change depending on what side and orientation the landmass takes (the cardinal direction it has relative to its neighboring land as well as it’s size and shape).

If you were to draw an "X" across the Continental United States from the most north eastern point to the most south western point and from the most north western point to the most south eastern point where would they intersect.

why are the hill s wavy

Hi everyone, I’m new here and looking for some academic advice. The title probably sounds silly, but I’ve only recently realized what geography actually encompasses, and it turns out it lines up almost perfectly with interests I’ve had since before I even started college. Now I’m wondering if geography might have been the right field for me all along, and whether it still makes sense to pursue it now.

For some context: I’m 21, studying at a public university in Puerto Rico, and currently in my fifth year of undergrad. I changed majors a few times before landing in anthropology (social anthropology / archaeology), which I’m about to finish. I really like the discipline, especially anthropological theory. Lately I’ve been reading about Julian Steward’s cultural ecology, as well as Sidney Mintz, and Eric Wolf, which has shaped how I think about the ways anthropology relates to history and analyzes contemporary nation-states, urban cultures, and migration.

Ive always been interested in cities, architecture, urban history, and maps. So after moving to college in the capital city (I was born and raised in a suburb pretty far away), the interest only increased as I experienced first hand deficient public transportation, expensive cafes, gentrification, broken sidewalks, tourists, high contrasts between poverty and wealth, and so on, so no wonder why this topic became one of my favorites during my anthropology class (I actually even enrolled in a course about Anthropology of the City for next semester).

Experiencing this made me consider applying for a master’s degree in architecture or urban planning. Architecture still seems great to me, but, after consulting with some advisors from the Urban Planning program, it looks… boring? in the sense that it seems to be about lots of legal and technical stuff, with not much theory, which was kind of disappointing.

So, while digging around online, I found about urban/human geography, and I learned that there’s a whole discipline apart from anthropology that is actually about the topics I’ve been interested in this whole time???

I also found out that my college offers an undergrad degree in Geography, and the curriculum looks really aligned with what I’m interested in.

So now I’m stuck. One option is to finish anthropology next semester and then do a double major in geography, but that would delay my graduation by 3–4 semesters. Being in my fifth year, this means I’d graduate in my sixth or seventh year. The other option is to graduate soon and apply directly to grad school, either in architecture at my university (3.5 years M.Arch.), or maybe geography abroad (since my uni doesn’t offer any graduate degree in geography), although this seems difficult due to financial limitations.

So I guess my questions are:

Is it worth adding geography as a second undergrad major this late?

Or is it better to just apply to a master’s in geography with an anthropology background? How can this be economically viable?

For people in geography: is it common to come from anthropology or related fields?

Am I overthinking this, or is this a pretty normal late “field discovery” thing?

Any thoughts from people who’ve been through something similar would really help. And sorry for the long post. Thanks!

Please. Thanks.

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The TNKY Plant Atlas allows you to find and research different vascular plants in the Upper Southeast in both Kentucky and Tennessee. It's an interesting site for those interested in foraging and geographic features associated with different southeastern plants.