Geography's Greatest Mystery: Why Europe Has ZERO Deserts

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  • @CuriousReason
    @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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    • @ade910
      @ade910 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lots of mistakes in your video.
      1) The area you outline in the US as "desert" is mostly semi-desert - a similar climate to roughly 50% of the geography of Spain. True desert climate in the US is in a very reduced area of the South West.
      2) Europe does have desert climates - coastal Almería province is a true desert climate (not Tabernas which is at higher altitude).
      3) There is nothing unusual about Tabernas. Even Madrid, the capital of Spain, is technically in a semi-desert climate. There are places as arid as Tabernas peppered all over Spain.

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget Ukraine oleshky desert,
      the Błędów desert, etc.
      Not to mention this idiot looking at a map that doesn't indicate anything about desertification.

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      3:07 Not to mention,
      Spain has lots of water issues, having to adapt various ways to be conservative on water.
      Your entire video is complete bs
      and you should either delete it,
      fucking get it off the platform,
      or at least fucking adres your fucking mistake,
      you disinformative piece of fucking Schweinehund.

  • @polarace1634
    @polarace1634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    There is a desert in Spain, the Tabernas desert, in Almería (280 km²).

    • @D.Jay.
      @D.Jay. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Is it aSemi desert? Is it over the desert rain fall limit?

    • @polarace1634
      @polarace1634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@D.Jay. Yes, It is a desert. The average annual precipitation of the Tabernas region is about 239 mm and the limit is 250 mm.

    • @sliftyy
      @sliftyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yes, he mentioned this at 2:37

    • @ldelgg
      @ldelgg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He mentioned it. But its a semi desert

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

  • @NimbleBard48
    @NimbleBard48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    There's a desert (semi-desert?) in Poland called Błędów Desert that has an area of 32 km2 (12 sq mi).

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Its safe to say, its a joke as compared to arid hot/cold deserts. 😁

    • @NimbleBard48
      @NimbleBard48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CuriousReason Very safe :)

    • @kundeleczek1
      @kundeleczek1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Basically it is more of a foretless sandr than desert. Quite interesting anyway.

    • @MeowingWhale
      @MeowingWhale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s not naturally occurring though

    • @magnusevander7706
      @magnusevander7706 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CuriousReason Hum... we have the Bardenas desert in Spain... and its well knowed because it was use in many cowboy movies....

  • @xnownxinc5680
    @xnownxinc5680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The European continent has no desert.
    Putin: Hold my Nukes.
    Mars arising

  • @Amen-Magi
    @Amen-Magi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    0:30If you look at Europe, you will not see any desert
    Also Southern Europe:am i joke to you

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Ukraine, Poland, etc
      Not to mention 3:07 doesn't understand how dry Spain
      and how agriculture within the nation is such a challenge.
      This especially the past 30 or so years, with them having to be more and more conservative on water.

  • @nickknife9681
    @nickknife9681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Deligradska peščara" ("peščara" from the word "pesak" meaning "sand") in Serbia. But we are turning it into a forest.

  • @markog1999
    @markog1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We have the UK which is a cultural desert...

    • @HouseJawn
      @HouseJawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably not according to the Brexit'ers

    • @DrewWithington
      @DrewWithington ปีที่แล้ว

      The French think the UK is a culinary desert.

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      That is, some with the Netherlands though.
      Pukes when thinking about it.
      Aniway, the UK is good with biscuits.
      I don't want sugar or milk in my tea however.
      One thing, now that we're on the subject, wtf are Belgian buns?
      Whotf came up with a raisin cookie (rozijnenkoek) cover it with excessive amounts of glaze and throw a candied cherry on top?
      and than call this diabetes bun "Belgian bun"?

    • @IlayShriki
      @IlayShriki หลายเดือนก่อน

      Since the immigration began Britain stoped existing as a nation

  • @diogorodrigues747
    @diogorodrigues747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Actually this is false. There are some real deserts in Europe, all of them in Spain (the Tabernas, Monegros and Bárdenas deserts), and lots of areas around the European continent are really dry. Most of the Iberian Peninsula, which the exception of the NW areas, Malta and Ukraine are arid areas, some of them grasslands very similar to the ones in the US and others are semi-deserts because, despite looking like ones, they still don't achieve the criteria for them calling deserts.
    00:39 LOL... no, it's not!
    02:40 Tabernas is a real desert, not a semi-desert.
    And, in the Mediterranean, there is a West to East current, so moisture generally can't reach Iberia from the Mediterranean. The result is that most of Spain is really dry and looks like a desert, in some places even in Winter!

  • @ameenahsf
    @ameenahsf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Only a few minutes in but this quality.. *chefs kiss*

  • @nopeyt3387
    @nopeyt3387 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Sahara has “expanded” into southern sicily and spain

  • @augustolobo2280
    @augustolobo2280 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There's a desert in southern Spain

  • @aitorbleda8267
    @aitorbleda8267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There are deserts (plural) in Spain.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernas_Desert

  • @magnusevander7706
    @magnusevander7706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hum... we have the Bardenas desert in Spain... and its well knowed because it was use in many cowboy movies....

  • @czarlguitarl
    @czarlguitarl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spain's Tabernas desert feels so unseen right now :( why you no think Spain is in Europe? Did the Moors conquer it again and I missed the headlines??

  • @MantasDoesVideos
    @MantasDoesVideos ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Europe dosent have any deserts"
    The mediterranean🗿

  • @sonnykristiansen5561
    @sonnykristiansen5561 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Europe is not a continent, Eurasia is.

  • @stephanmitph
    @stephanmitph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is a very very tiny desert in (East)Germany. It's called "Lieberoser Wüste" (Wüste = desert). Maybe 4 km².
    The area is used by russian and eastgerman military. They cut down all trees to exercise their war-games. Until today whose bombs are in the earth and explode sometimes in hot summers.
    P.S.:
    I see, you named this desert already. 😀

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He literally mentioned it in the video lol

    • @MantasDoesVideos
      @MantasDoesVideos ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And in spain and in crimea and in italy and in cyprus

  • @dnkal2875
    @dnkal2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is a real desert in Greece in the island of lemnos and I think it's only one that can be called a desert in Europe.

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel ปีที่แล้ว

      Thera is also historically very dry, requiring cisterns to supply its people.

  • @Kelpo45
    @Kelpo45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing work as always, loved the video!

  • @JS-jh4cy
    @JS-jh4cy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What about parts of Cyprus are desert?

    • @IlayShriki
      @IlayShriki หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cyprus is Asia

  • @andrurec
    @andrurec ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Roumania have a little desert,Serbia have too,Ukraine have too,Italy,Spain sure and etc

  • @shelonnikgrumantov5061
    @shelonnikgrumantov5061 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There is a desert on the border of Kazakhstan and Russia - the Ryn Sands (yes, un Europe). Additionally, there is the Black Sands desert / semi-desert but it is anthropogenic - nomads’ made by the 19 century. I see in the comments that there is also one in Spain. There some other semi-deserts in the Caspian region

  • @emanemz2790
    @emanemz2790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those beach photos are from Gran Canaria

  • @Anony8289
    @Anony8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Europe has the arctic desert

  • @miroslavhoudek7085
    @miroslavhoudek7085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's not true, there are so many deserts in Europe: cheese cakes, cremé brulee and all that. Haven't watch the video yet but the title is clearly wrong.

    • @abeceda103
      @abeceda103 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dessert not desert

    • @abeceda103
      @abeceda103 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Desert vs dessert
      1. Geography
      Desert is an area of land less than ten inches of rainfall.
      2. Cuisine
      Dessert is a sweet course at the end of a meal.

  • @billysbees
    @billysbees 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    there is a desert in the greek island of Limnos maybe you 'd like to check it out?
    tip off and thank you for your work wich is GREAT by the way

    • @necrommy6989
      @necrommy6989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not a desert but a salt flat, i know it from arma 3!

  • @sonnykristiansen5561
    @sonnykristiansen5561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are desert-like areas in Spain.

  • @erikmegkozeliti6732
    @erikmegkozeliti6732 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:14 You forgot about overgrazing, invasive plant and animal species and one of the worst, direct farming next to natural water sources, there are deserts that have huge natural freshwater lakes, but they do not function as oases, there are no trees or shrubs around the lakes, this has nothing to do with Hadley cellic atmospheric circulations or coriolis, there must always be more life in the immediate vicinity of liquid water.
    Because these two listed reasons in the video do not explain the Sub-Sahara, nor the fact that in Central America the main forest zone begins at the latitude where the Sahara reaches its driest point.

  • @zimriel
    @zimriel ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe because Europe isn't a continent but a subcontinent, like India.

  • @matteboy_2780
    @matteboy_2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only Europe can manage to get beat out by Antarctica with the amount of deserts

  • @zaregilsa4999
    @zaregilsa4999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's a desert in Ukraine - Oleshky Sands en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleshky_Sands

  • @pollutingpenguin2146
    @pollutingpenguin2146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Denmark has a tiny desert on the northern tip of its peninsular

  • @alexanderlee5669
    @alexanderlee5669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stop desert shaming us.

  • @haileymillsap8924
    @haileymillsap8924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Europe does have deserts. The Tabernas desert in Spain.

  • @tonyselmanah7411
    @tonyselmanah7411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Because God had blessed Europe

  • @AustinPerdue
    @AustinPerdue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Arguably Europe is not a continent? Eurasia has plenty of deserts.

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      Europe has so as well
      and 3:07 the climate in Spain is quite dry,
      which is ideal 4 desertification,
      especially bc of climate change,
      what's a challenge towards agriculture and farmers have to be really conservative on water.
      Been to Spain since 1988 and water is a really big issue.
      Not only does this guy don't do any research, look again, he doesn't even understand how fucking maps work.

  • @pneumonoultramicroscopicsilica
    @pneumonoultramicroscopicsilica 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am proud to say that i subscribed you when u had 10k subscribers.

    • @edsel6988
      @edsel6988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same! Glad that this channel is nearing the 100k milestone XD

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      And are one of the internet idiots, who believe this crap.
      This is disinformation and complete and utter bullocks.
      3:07 Spain has a lot of problems,
      even having to adept a large amount of innovations towards water conservation.
      There are many deserts within Europe.
      This video is filled with so much disinformation, as well as maps wrongfully depicted and all,
      it rather sounds like a "American joke".

  • @aguy9175
    @aguy9175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's desert in Spain, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Poland, Ukraine and more. This is incorrect

    • @IlayShriki
      @IlayShriki หลายเดือนก่อน

      As the size of a finger nail, doesn’t count

  • @maxdilcon5679
    @maxdilcon5679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This dudes channel is amazing, it’s gonna blow up

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      It's nothing more than disinformation and complete bullocks.

  • @shrinidhi6920
    @shrinidhi6920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm astonished by the quality of the video and the choice of topics..
    Just brilliant

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      And the entire video is complete and utter bullocks.

  • @yyyy-ml9pr
    @yyyy-ml9pr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    actually theres only one in europe which is located in poland

  • @bigboyman5743
    @bigboyman5743 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kalmykia, which is part of Europe has a cold desert.

  • @D.Jay.
    @D.Jay. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If we are getting pedantic, then should we really be referring to the "European Continent" as a geologically identifiable individual landmass?

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are right, Eurasia is one landmass but generally, European "continent" ends with Ural Mountains to the west and it includes tiny little piece of Kazakhstan in the south-east.

    • @D.Jay.
      @D.Jay. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @CuriousReason Yes you can draw arbitrary "continental" borders anywhere. Heck even North and South America use the term "Continental Divide" to describe their mountains, but they divide no named continents. It's no more of a geological term than "country" or "state." Too many people mistake continents for tectonic plate boundaries or climate/ zones. These are things that helped the social divisions that actually define continents but are not consistent boundaries metrics for continents. I reserve the right to mock the usage of Continents geologically as freely as I mock the U.S.A's various measurement systems!

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@D.Jay. Amen! you have all the right to mock socio-political terms being called in geological context and mock the American measurement system. I will gladly enjoy mocking the imperial system with you as I hate it myself but the reason being that my most viewers are from the North America, I used the imperial system and I reserve right to do that, sir. 😂

  • @antonpalmer-smith4829
    @antonpalmer-smith4829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So it doesn't snow in Antarctica or in the artic??(

  • @69Planets
    @69Planets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does this channel doesn't have more subs.

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      Bc of disinformation and complete and utter bullocks?
      Good videos take time, lots of research and actually knowing wtf you're on about.

  • @jcmendezify
    @jcmendezify 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alas, fast forward to 2022 and the Iberian peninsula 😳

  • @Hamsteak
    @Hamsteak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Deserts 🏜 are pretty interesting and how the earth's climates work

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I will try to make more geographical videos in the future 😊

    • @Hamsteak
      @Hamsteak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CuriousReason Geography and Geopolitics are always a winner. But do keep making videos on other subjects like you have in the past. I like the variety you have.

  • @roguetheoutlander8800
    @roguetheoutlander8800 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is a kinda desert in Czech Republic (its not even 1 kilometer big but its still desert :3)

  • @Kostobran123
    @Kostobran123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The oldest desert in Europe is in Serbia, it is 12.000 years old desert named Deliblato Sands

  • @JasperKlijndijk
    @JasperKlijndijk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    good water and land management could prevent almost all deserts

  • @malcolmreynolds4099
    @malcolmreynolds4099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was a great video, thank you!
    i hope you will skyrocket with subs soon :-)

    • @chiisuigintou
      @chiisuigintou ปีที่แล้ว

      Full of disinformation and complete and utter bullocks.

  • @baarth8305
    @baarth8305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the background music ??

  • @mrjonesyyy
    @mrjonesyyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't weather most related to ocean currents? I mean, humans sure don't help the spread of forests...

  • @Dostoron
    @Dostoron 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hmm, it is kind of a desert belt wrapping lopsided around eurasia, going from north africa and spain to the ass end of north east sibiria.

  • @THEWIZARDDK3
    @THEWIZARDDK3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    theres a desert in denmark named råbjerg mile. basically its a sand dune sweeping across the jutland peninsula.

  • @Zeewman
    @Zeewman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is also a desert in Europe in Kazakhstan.

  • @JS-jh4cy
    @JS-jh4cy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And Malta?

  • @mickeyray3793
    @mickeyray3793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video makes no sense. Europe's desert is Spain.

  • @Andrew-df1dr
    @Andrew-df1dr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please use the metric system. Only three countries don’t use it.

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Metric please.

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sorry, my bad. Won't use the imperial system on scripts next time.

    • @tessjuel
      @tessjuel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CuriousReason Why not use both?

  • @opinions-um1qk
    @opinions-um1qk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    well that aged well

  • @notinuse203
    @notinuse203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poland: am I joke to u

  • @pokeiuri4159
    @pokeiuri4159 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make a vídeo about swimming

  • @michaelsomething7674
    @michaelsomething7674 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about Iceland?

    • @pleasedontkillme1185
      @pleasedontkillme1185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure Iceland gets more than enough rain to not have any place considered a desert

  • @bogi3232
    @bogi3232 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about antarctica

  • @35906
    @35906 ปีที่แล้ว

    WRONG Dude you are WRONG Tabernas Desert is in Spain and Accona Desert is in Italy.

  • @randomlyselected8998
    @randomlyselected8998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least we got sand at the coast

  • @Andrew-df1dr
    @Andrew-df1dr ปีที่แล้ว

    Please use the metric system

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But Afro-Eurasia has the most deserts!!

  • @paulinhodasilva3961
    @paulinhodasilva3961 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spain has deserts

  • @theafrobook3347
    @theafrobook3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is EUROPE REALLY A CONTINENT, or do you mean Eurasia?

  • @Darragh11Gorman
    @Darragh11Gorman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bledowska desert guys😂 in Poland😉🤭🤔

  • @UHaulShorts
    @UHaulShorts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Continent also ain't gotz no skyscrapas

    • @GenericUrbanism
      @GenericUrbanism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Europe has lots of skyscrapers in cities like Frankfurt, Moscow, and London.

    • @UHaulShorts
      @UHaulShorts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GenericUrbanism
      EU not known 4 its hustle & bustle central biness distrix

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GenericUrbanism well all of Europe together has less skyscrapers than Dubai ...
      There are a few here and there, but far from many

  • @jamieprice9027
    @jamieprice9027 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Load of bollocks.
    There is Tabernas dessert in Spain

  • @ericanell8933
    @ericanell8933 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So if the artic is the worlds 2nd biggest desert, then europes biggest desert shouldnt be in an artic contry such as Rusia?

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      75% of Russia's territory is in the Asian part - Siberia and far east regions.

    • @billynomates920
      @billynomates920 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CuriousReason 1:45 handily leaving the scandinavian parts of the arctic desert off of the map? most of their territory is in europe!
      and yes, i'm being petty and pedantic for jokes - it's a great video! 🙂

    • @CuriousReason
      @CuriousReason  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billynomates920 Arctic is no continent and belongs to number of countries in the north. But I would consider it as different landmass overall.

    • @jabedhossain9961
      @jabedhossain9961 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CuriousReason right

  • @nilsruggiero8503
    @nilsruggiero8503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hey my guy europe is not a continent

  • @wirliv
    @wirliv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    CLICK BAIT!

  • @meegel3689
    @meegel3689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best

  • @woodscriatures5636
    @woodscriatures5636 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is no deserts on europe ?!!
    Dude go fishing ..

  • @cani5761
    @cani5761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Because europe isnt a continent

  • @MzRogerz147
    @MzRogerz147 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s BS

  • @dicdicd1767
    @dicdicd1767 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stop talking about inches and square miles! They don't exist outside of the US! You are wasting your video.

  • @ak.5620
    @ak.5620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi

  • @gagsdoublej4254
    @gagsdoublej4254 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excuse me Sir/Madam
    Are you saved?
    If you died tonight are you going to heaven?
    Jesus loves you

  • @SuperKevin6464
    @SuperKevin6464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Europe is not a continent. It is just west Asia.

    • @Floppedd
      @Floppedd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not have u heard of tectonic continental plates ?

    • @Floppedd
      @Floppedd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Europe is different from asia even from culture,history and land

    • @nischaymiglani2617
      @nischaymiglani2617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Europe is just a north-west Asia.

    • @Floppedd
      @Floppedd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nischaymiglani2617 in ur dreams

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Europe is west Asia than the USA is North Mexico ...

  • @ap3768
    @ap3768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    First

  • @DaremoTen
    @DaremoTen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Europe isn't a continent. It's a region of Eurasia.