Questions tagged [geography]
For questions that are concerned with or nested within the field of Geography; the study of lands, their features, and the relationships and complexities between and among peoples, the physical environment, and ecosystems.
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How has the mouth of the Don River (Maeotian Swamp) changed since antiquity?
I am trying to understand the term "Maeotian Swamp", which has been used in the past to refer to the mouth of the Don River at the Sea of Azov or the entire Sea of Azov. Basically: What is ...
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Isn't the part of Scotland north of the Great Glen technically a different island?
The Great Glen separates the northmost part of Scotland from the rest of Great Britain. Since it connects the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, doesn't it separate the northern part of Scotland from ...
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Reason for High and Low tides
Why does it cause a bulge on the opposite side? This is the sentence from my book: High tide is also formed at the opposite side of the earth simultaneously, because of the reactionary (centrifugal) ...
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What if the Gulf Stream gets stronger?
Let's imagine that the Gulf Stream becomes stronger, for example, if more salts form in the Caribbean Sea, how will this affect the climate of Europe as a whole? If the exchange of water between the ...
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Orientation of big islands
Looking at a world map, I noticed that most big islands are stretched in a north-south direction: Greenland, Japan, Madagascar, Great Britain and more. Sure it has to do with plate tectonics, but in ...
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What is relationship between weather front and cyclone/anticyclone?
I read about weather front on Wiki. As I understood, weather front is the cause of cyclone and anticyclone. Is it right? And what else is relationship between weather front and cyclone/anticyclone? ...
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The geological boundaries of the Alps
The geological border between the Alps and the Apennines is identified at the Bocchetta Pass in the hinterland of Genoa (Italy). This does not coincide with the geographical border, located further ...
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Why is there an "unnamed volcano" in Syria?
I stumbled across the following in the CIA factbook's entry on Syria : volcanism: Syria's two historically active volcanoes, Es Safa and an unnamed volcano near the Turkish border have not erupted in ...
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Why are most big lakes in North America aligned?
I noticed that the biggest lakes in North America (which happen to all be in Canada) seem to lie along a line that from the Great Bear Lake passes through the Great Slave Lake, Lake Athabasca and Lake ...
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Indirect evidence for the Americas [closed]
The existence of the Americas to the peoples of the old world is, nowadays, indisputable. However, this was not the case 600 years ago (for most of Europe). Columbus landed in the Bahamas, leading to ...
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What are these large elevated regions in Northern Canada?
Complete newbie to any earth sciences here. Please tell me if this is the wrong stack exchange website I was browsing around on google earth (as one does), and I noticed these "discoloured" ...
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Up to what radius/distance/area maximum do weather parameters remain constant?
Up to what radius/distance/area maximum do weather parameters remain constant? For example, precipitation is so variable that it can vary even within a few meters, while sunshine durations may not ...
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How to determine underground temperatures?
I wonder how deep does the ground stop becoming colder and begins to get warmer? Moreover, are there any maps or methods to determine this for regions with different elevations and temperatures that ...
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How to realistically describe the 'journey' taken by a glacial erratic?
I'm writing a piece of fiction in which I want to describe the journey taken by a large glacial erratic. Leaving the wisdom of this literary device aside, how might I realistically do that? The ...
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is there evidence for geographical determinism? does geography explain differences in human populations around the world?
are there specific reasons why some cultures have built larger empires throughout history and is it motivated by their geographic conditions (poor soil conditions, less arability, poor agricultural ...
