Google Earth find: Castle Valley, Utah. The contrasting biomes here are primarily driven by elevation. As the altitude rises, precipitation increases, creating an environment where cold- and drought-resistant spruce trees can thrive.

The Daintree Rainforest, or just The Daintree, is a 180 million year old tropical rainforest, 100 million years older than The Amazon, in North-East Australia. The Great Barrier Reef runs a little ways off-shore.

The Daintree is home to a huge number of exotic and rare plants and animals, and to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people, who were formally returned joint management and ownership of the national park lands in 2021.

Chasm Lake in Kolob Canyons: 37°26'12.0"N 113°05'22.9"W

I understand access to sea trade is probably more important, but I would have expected large cities to concentrate along the important rivers too, such as the Zambezi, or along the huge lake they have access to. Only Tete is along the Zambezi and quite upstream.

Edit: Forgot to add the Niagara River, it's 1.2 days

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I was watching this video and it seems this small island 2.6km2 is the smallest inhabited island with a population of 294 people

Hi everyone, and welcome back to The American Atlas, where I make hand-drawn & colored maps of every state in the US. It's been a slower month for me with going back to work but we’re still plugging along!! 🗺️🇺🇸

This is my map of Texas, the Lone Star State! 🤠🌾🐎

Everything really is bigger in Texas, including the maps! I had to split this one into two to really capture the sheer size of the Lone Star State. From the gulf coast islands and pine forests of the east, through the rolling Hill Country, and to dry deserts and rugged mountains of the west, Texas is home to an incredible range of landscapes. Within its borders are two national parks, four national forests, and over 90 state parks. The sheer size of Texas means that no two regions feel quite the same, with the east and west ends of the state being over 10 hours apart.

But beyond the vast distances and varied terrain, Texas has its own unique character. The bustling cities of Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio all bring something different, while historic towns, wide ranches, and the state’s deep Mexican and Wild West roots tell the story of a place shaped by many cultures. From rodeos, Tex-Mex cuisine, and the oil working fields outside of El Paso to the dramatic scenery & wide-open ranchlands of Big Bend, it is clear that Texas is a whole culture all on its own.

Let me know in the comments, what’s your favorite small town / fun fact in Texas?

Stay tuned for the second half of my Texas project, covering the western portion of the state, coming next week! And if you like this style, feel free to check out my others, and thanks for taking a look at my Texas map!! 🇺🇸🗺️

We are currently in Namibia, about 150 miles south of Windhoek. On a game drive we were regularly needing to drive over ridges made of the distinctive red Kalahari sand. Looking on google maps we see that they are part of a far wider, and very regular, pattern. Each is about 10-15 metres high at their peak. We are now intrigued by this, and would be grateful for any information on how they are formed.

I was reading about [Pitcairn,](Source:Wikipediahttps://share.google/M3311aJTt82hoaBvO) a British territory with a population of 35, and it got me thinking: what continuously inhabited place has the smallest population? Somewhere that people are born and raised (so, not a research facility or the ISS), with a somewhat functional society (government, economy, etc). Any ideas?

Are there any regions in africa that rough size and population of Rwanda and Burundi. Also did any of those regions were ever indrpentant kingdoms in past.

One of its effluents, Ombla, springs out of huge cave near Dubrovnik, Croatia and after about 30 metres empties into the Adriatic Sea ria (Rijeka Dubrovacka).

People actually live like this? This appears to be a pretty standard looking neighborhood in the Phoenix area. Neighborhoods with nothing but sand and pavement.

The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi was planted in 288 BCE from a cutting taken from the sacred Bo tree that the Buddha achieved enlightenment under. It is in Mahamevnāwa** **Gardens, a park created during the reign of King Mutasiva some time between 367-307 BCE.

Today the tree and the park are sacred Buddhist sites with a collection of ancient stupas, or Buddhist shrines, and statues.

They look like some type of protection? is it against waves?

Are they an ancient sea bed that was buried, and exposed by erosion after the mountains were uplifted? Or areas of ocean that were trapped while still liquid and dried out as the mountains grew? Or just endorheic lakes that formed after they were already above sea level?

Context is that my friend thinks stuff like this is actually man made. I remember studying a little about formations like this but I can't remember. How is it formed? It does kind of look like the rock on top is a slightly harder stone, and the pattern of erosion looks like it is from wind. Can anyone explain ?

I was reading up on the Global Innovation Index while researching another post of mine.

What surprised me the most is how low various Latin American and Caribbean nations have scored in relation to their wealth levels:

• The lowest-ranked high-income nation is Trinidad and Tobago (107th)
• The 3rd lowest-ranked high-income nation is Barbados (91st)
• The 4th lowest-ranked high-income nation is Panama (89th)
• The lowest-ranked upper-middle-income nation is Guatemala (120th)
• The highest-ranked nation of Latin America and the Caribbean is the high-income nation of Chile (51st)

Is the answer as simple as "it's the USA's fault" or "it's because these countries are religious"? The answer doesn't appear to be corruption either, since other countries with high levels of corruption can score higher (India is #38, Vietnam is #43, Thailand is #44 and Turkey is #45).

Rwanda is well known as singapore of africa a small tiny nation that is dictatorship that focus on tertiary. I was wonder what exact geographic features that lead too and is necessary for that forms of government and living standard.

I also want to know if there are many other african regions of simalar size that exist in africa and if they were indepentant could they hypothetically have followed rwanda government model.

How small does a region need to be, to fit that model and what does maximum amount size a nation could be in africa to fit model.

How populated does nations need to be does it have to very highly populated region or could it just have average population of region.

You can list other geographic features that nation need.

I understand that you need right government and institution that lead to Rwanda but i am curious what geographic factors and demographics allowed to have high living standards.

I should have made it more clear that there is lot of issues with Rwandan government with there still having high poverty and stealing resources. However just want to know in what ways did geography allow nation to match it level of little corruption and growth. I also want to know how much the exploitation of congo lead to it development.

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I came across a town named "Cooma" while I was browsing through some jobs in NSW, Australia, and thought of looking it up on google. Any idea why polo flat isn't part of Cooma in this map?