Everest is the tallest mountain when measured from sea level. Chimborazo is the tallest mountain when measured from the center of the earth, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest mountain from base to summit, but half of it is underwater.
@@eliwhite5548 Poland boarders Kaliningrad area, which belongs to Russia, but you can't get there straight from Russia. Simplest way (lowest amount of countries) from Poland to Russia is through Belarus.
@@ianpodmore9666 Thanks. I think I'll get it now. You mean the smaller the measuring unit, the more curves, small bays, rugged rocky regions you get measured precisely. where a measurement in kilometer units for the same shoreline would just be a straight line. And therefore shorter. Correct?
You would assume then when coastlines are compared to find the longest, the same sized ruler would be used to measure all coastlines. I imagine there are algorithms that do it for you using satellite data.
I think some of these are a bit of a stretch. Like Mexico not being south of the US. Yeah. You can find some parts of Mexico in different directions from some parts of the US. But, Mexico is south of the vast majority of the US as a whole country.
in the same way you could say Scotland isn't north of England because the border goes SW-NE. Dumfries (Scotland) is further south than Rothbury (England).
There is a bit of Mexico from which Arizona is due south. I've even been to that part of Arizona. (There are a number of smaller bits from which you can go due south from Mexico into Texas, but interestingly, none into the other border states of California or New Mexico.)
I used to get very confused about Australia and Greenland when I was younger. As an Australian at we were taught we were the large state island/smallest continent. However I would look at Greenland on a map, and be very confused. It was a very long time before I understood about map projections and how distorted two dimensional representations of a three dimensional object are.
@@UtavMc A continent is a large continuous landmass. Although I know some people see Oceania as a continent, it actually depends on what you were taught as school. I think is very hard to define part of the largest ocean on Earth as a continent.
@@brontewcat well solomon islands, fiji, tuvalu, nauru, tonga palau, etc. all have to be part of a continent and it’s certainly not asia. then that thought of a continuous landmass is quickly broken apart by places like the Philippines, japan, indonesia and more. i realize a lot of people think australias a continent but at the same time every country needs to be part of a continent and if it’s just australia then that leaves out a lot of countries
@@UtavMc Where on Earth did you get the idea every country has be a part of a continent. Also what do understand by a the continent anyway? I understand it to be a geographical concept not geographical, although understand some people see it as a geographical term. I also understand there is no universal accepted definition.
@@brontewcatby your definition then there would only be four continents. America, Africa, Australia, and Eurasia. Since I dont see you or anyone saying Eurasia is a continent, then you have to agree that continents are geopolitically defined and not only defined by geography. Therefore the continent is Oceania and Australia is the biggest island in the world because it is NOT a continent.
I was surprised to find out about Maine being closer to Africa than is Florida. Then it occurred to me that Canada must be closer to Africa than Maine is. I checked into that and so far I found that Hunts Port Nova Scotia is only 4933km or 3058miles from El Jadida Morocco. Thanks for the Videos you create!
@@axelnovati The northeastern point(s) of the Texas panhandle (NE of Amarillo, that is) are closer to points in Ontario than the mouth of the Rio Grande.
I feel like Australia not being an island is up for debate, especially since many people debate the exact extent the continent of which the country is a part. If it includes anything more than just Mainland Australia, then that is an island within the continent. Truth is there is no universally agreed upon definition for continent.
@@JESL_TheOnlyOne Again, depends who you ask. Most French geographers would say it is a part of the continent of Oceania which includes New Zealand and Polynesia, etc, in which case mainland Australia is simply and island within the continent.
@@elfarlaur Uhhhhhh, no. I don't care if French geographers want to play silly games. Oceania is a region, it is NOT a continent, as any half-drunk soccer hooligan squinting through broken glass can tell. Australasia is quite arguably part of Oceania, yet neither are continents. Why? Look up the etymology of 'continent'. Hint: it has to do with landmasses. Now, if you want to insist 7 million square miles of water is a continent, you go right ahead.
@@JESL_TheOnlyOne The thing is, the definition of "continent" is so vague it may as well not exist. In fact most of the world can't even agree on how many continents there are. By any definition you take, you have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. What OC is pointing out is that it's up for debate where to draw that line. Most definitions of Australia the continent also include Tasmania, a separate island, which would mean the island of Australia would qualify. Many include the island of New Guinea as well. You can go on about what geographers say, but they don't agree on it either. There is literally no global consensus, so an argument for Australia being the largest island is 100% valid.
@@serg9320 You really don't comprehend. All I said was, AS FAR AS I KNOW. Capiche, paisano? I stand by my statement until someone demonstrates otherwise. There IS a geographic definition of continent, No, definitions in empirical science aren't mathematically precise (duuuuh), and a continent is NOT an island, and Australia is a continent. I'm not a geographer - just someone who pays attention and understands what distinctions are. IOW, I'm an educated Western adult and some folks here are children, intellectually. I'm not even going to bother with anything you wrote beyond the first sentence of the first post I read - it's plain as day you pay no attention to what's written. AFAIK!!!!! - Jesus Christ, get a clue.
3:01 I am assuming by the image you used that you meant "contiguous United States" and not "continental". The contiguous United States is all of the states that border each other, also known as the "lower 48". The continental United States is the "lower 48" plus Alaska.
China not having one of the 5 most populous cities is definitely up for discussion. Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people. Once again, it depends on what criteria you use to define a city or a metropolitan area.
the measurements they were using were by the metropolitan region, in which case Shanghai has like 26-27 million people, so it is definitely in the top 5
be careful, there is a thread where someone called John Lee looses his shit about people not accepting his "as far as i know" definition of continent. If he knows someone is pointing out the vagaries of the word city he will take over this thread
Actually, Brazil is NOT larger than the CONTINENTAL United States of America, since Alaska falls into the category of being part of the CONTINENTAL United States of America. Brazil IS, however, larger than the CONTIGUOUS United States of America. 😁
This was a good list- and I appreciate the disclaimer at the beginning. I learned a couple of things, and held my tongue for the ones I thought obvious because your purpose was clear. But I have to ask- who thinks the Atlantic is the biggest body of water? That's nowhere near as obscure as some of the others- one would have to have literally never seen a globe or even a world map of any projection.
@@BolphesarusMaximusWardius actually there isnt a clear answer of how many continents there are or their boundaries. Different areas also teach children different continents. The main confusion is with North and South America on if they're one continents or 2. It depends on where someone grows up on what continents they recognize
@@PicklEmpire geography wise there is just 1 correct answer-this isn't history where you can learn different perspectives These are boundaries decided by major geographical features which were created a long time ago(both the features and the boundaries)
@@BolphesarusMaximusWardius again. There isn't a set boundary for continents. The definition of a continent is vague. That's why there's confusion on where North and South America end or if they are one single continent.
I can't believe people get the Atlantic Ocean/ Pacific Ocean one wrong. Isn't it obvious that the Pacific Ocean is much bigger. Maybe he just ran out of geography facts people often get wrong.
Some people actually either forget or don't want to believe that the world is rather round and not flat like the map, so they believe that the part of the Pacific to the east of Asia and the other part to the west of the Americas are two different water bodies, on the map.
The world map in every country has their own country in the center. So depending on where you live, it might not look so clear. Google world map and look at all the different maps that pop up
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As an Icelander I've encounteted that fact too many times. While it's true that Iceland has milder temprature than Greenland, both are capable of growing green grass in the summer, and both have long and cold winters. Iceland is very green for about 4-5 months of the year, but the rest not so much. Don't get me wrong, I think the summer here is unique, even if the tempratures are rather low most days. Second fact I've encountered often is when people think the names were switched, which is very untrue. Greenland was 'discovered' (by European settlers) from an Icelandic convoy 100 years after Iceland was settled. The name Greenland may in fact have been given to attract more settlers, but could also be due to the simple fact that viking voyages were only made during summer time. The name 'Iceland' comes from a pissed off settler who went mountain climbing after a harsh winter where all of his livestock died, and saw a massive amount of snow in valley. At least according to legend. Previously it had been named 'Snowland' and 'Garðarshólmi' (settler was called Garðar and basically named it after himself).
Iceland is known as the land of ice and fire, as it has volcanic and frozen landscapes. But you are right, Iceland also is quite green. But Greenland on the other hand is literally ice. Totally not confusing for people who don’t know geography.
One of the most geography facts I know: the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to EVERY country in the Americas (Canada included) than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.
Mauna Loa is not even the tallest mountain on Hawai'i. Mauna Kei is 125 feet further above sea level and the base is about the same (depending on how that is measured).
I think it was worded a bit wrong in the video. While mount Everest is indeed the highest point above sea level, the summit of mount Chimborazo is the farthest point from the centre of the earth, due to the earth being an oblate spheroid.
Mount Everest is the highest from sea level (or just highest), Mauna Loa is the largest single mountain by volume, Mauna Kea is the tallest and Chimborazo is the highest point from the center of Earth.
Yeah, they were kind of getting hung up on specifics there. Lots of countries have areas that overlap a bit, many areas in the US are north of areas of Canada (and not just Alaska but pretty much all the states along the US/Canada border) but we would still say Canada is north of the US because the vast majority of Canada is north of the vast majority of (non Alaska) US. Unless borders are compeltely straight, that will always wind up happening. Same thing with Norway/Sweden. Norway is west of Sweden but yet there are lots of part of Sweden that are west of portions of Norway but when you say something is west/north/south/east of somewhere, I think most people understand it is a general statement otherwise how would you say it? In the Mexico/US case, there are portions of the US that are north, south, west, and east of various poritons of Mexico. Should we say Mexico is the US's southern/western/northern/eastern neighbor? The same exact statement could made for Canada. That winds up being true for tons of borders between countries. Seems like a weird thing they picked out.
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The USA is larger than Brazil because of the state of Alaska, not because of its territories. If you look up Great Britain, isn't it technically just the largest island among the British Isles?
Both are technically true. Great Britain is the geographical name for the largest island in the archipelago but from common usage, and usage in official documents, a name the can be used politically to describe 3 out of 4 of the countries of the UK. Before Ireland was incorporated the country was officially the kingdom of Great Britain
1:31 "In January and February, Iran can see temperatures as low as 4⁰C." The AVERAGE low in Tehran in January is -1.5⁰C and the record low is -11.4⁰C. Meanwhile the city of Borujen has an average low of -14⁰C in January and the city of Saqqez has recorded -36⁰C.
The US does not surpass Brazil in area due to "outlying territories", but because of the State of Alaska. Territories (like Guam) don't have much area.
I don't think he knows how Americans use thw word "territories." Also, Alaska is part of the continental US, so his fact was wrong anyway. Maybe he meant contiguous?
I would like to mention something about the coastline. The reason why its so long depends on the unit of measurement you use to measure it. Coastlines are curvy and not straight. For example a triangle could have a perimeter of 3 cm but a 6 sided star of the same area could have more. I recommend looking into the coastline paradox for more information. The length of the coastline you measure depends on what unit of measurement you use
4:59 lmao that's kinda a stupid thing to say. that list measures based off of metro areas. China does not define metro areas in the same way as many other countries. More people live in Shanghai proper than in the Delhi, Manila, or Seoul-Incheon metros, but since China does not define metro areas in this way, Shanghai does not show up on your list. This should have been an incredibly easy thing to fact check. Not to mention, claiming Norway to have the 2nd longest coast when coastline lengths aren't defined well due to the coastline paradox, and countries have wildly inconsistent ways of measuring their own coastlines. Or the part about claiming Australia isn't an island due to it being a continent, since continents are not a well-defined unit of measurement, plus the "continent" of Australia(/Oceania) includes more than just the Australian mainland (i.e. Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and plenty of other small islands around the coast), the landmass of the Australian mainland is definitely larger than the continent by any definition you use. And saying Mexico is not south of the US because there are parts of the US that are farther south than the northernmost point of Mexico is completely asinine. Just absolute stupidity. I'm not gonna make fun of y'all for claiming things like "akshually X isn't the capital of Y" is either not well known or at all interesting. But getting at least 4/30 of your "facts" completely wrong is... honestly impressive. Why did I spend five minutes typing this out? What a waste of my time. The channel that posted this obviously wont care. If they cared, they'd have actually fact checked their facts.
I knew that Java was the most populous island but I had never really thought about how crazy it is that it's more populous than Honshu considering Honshu has Tokyo which is the biggest metro in the world and it also has many other cities
As a geography geek, I love videos like this. And I wasn't clear on the Netherlands, thanks. I've heard that a peak in Antarctica actually has a lower atmospheric pressure than the summit of Everest because the atmosphere also bulges out towards the Equator and thins at the poles.
As someone who has taken some courses in physics, that is questionable. The bulging at the equator of the atmosphere (which I never thought of, but makes sense; the hydrosphere bulges) would promote lower pressure there, I would say, rather than the poles.
I think the Holland-Netherlands thing comes from the fact that in many other languages, Holland is the official name of the country. I believe inhabitants of Netherlands sometimes refer to themselves as Holland or 'Hollanders' but not quite sure.
As a huge geography aficionado, I did know all these facts. That being said, I did enjoy this video very much so I encourage you to keep up the great work. Ps. Another fact is that the northernmost point of California is further north than the southernmost point of Canada.
I saw another video that mentioned this about California and Canada. It also found the median latitude of Canada's population (i.e. 50% of Canadians live north of the line, 50% south). I don't remember exactly, but most of Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and pretty much all of North Dakota are north of that line.
@@What_Makes_Climate_Tick here’s an interesting one about Canada for you. If you take the southernmost point in Canada (pelee island). More Americans live north of that line in the us then Canadians do. Simply because the population of Canada is so small
If this helps he is not saying Brazil is larger than the US, period; he is saying that Brazil is larger than the contiguous US (which does not include Alaska) .
When you visit the Sinai peninsula it causes confusion to insurance companies. They ask "where are you going", response "Egypt", "oh so you need insurance for Africa", "no for Asia", "But Egypt in in Africa", "yes but the Sinai is in Asia".
Australian here. You are wrong. Australia is an "Island-continent" and is widely known that it's the world's largest island. Greenland being the "largest Island in the world" is definitely a misconception - since Australia can be and is BOTH.
Australia is also a continent because the scale of its land mass and also consists of other islands like Christmas Island or Tasmania etc. But to answer one of your questions Tonga is on the mass of Oceania which is kinda considered a continent which Australia is also part of ahah
@@diogoferreira7427 do Kiribati or Tonga have to "belong" to a continent? Hawaii doesn't "belong" to a continent. It's a series of islands in the middle of the ocean. Same deal with Kiribati and Tonga
Another fun fact (maybe you covered this in a different video already, but this is your first video I've seen) The town of Vardo, Norway is closer to China than it is to Portugal.
#9 is always a favourite of mine. Never really understood why sea level is used to determine mountain height when so many mountains, especially in the Himalayas, don't actually rise that much from their plateau.
Wrong on the first fact mate, Great Britain is the name of the largest Island in the British Isles : Great Britain, occupied by the countries England, Scotland and wales and doesn’t include its outlying islands, which have their own names
@@BubbleTheSigma no he didn’t he said Great Britain is England Scotland wales and their associated islands. That’s not true, Great Britain is literally the name of the island of Great Britain, just the one islands of the British isles
@0:10 Ironic that "The Geography Bible" didn't get the opening sequence of their video correct. They show a *mirror* image of Europe at night as seen from orbit. The "toe" of Italy points the other way.
Another thing you should've added is that Australia by itself isn't a continent. It along with New Zealand, Paupa New guinea and all the other Pacific islands are part of Oceania.
Islands aren’t part of a continent and can’t form a continent. Oceania is a region, Australia a continent. Sometimes the region is called the continent of Oceania or Oceania-Australia but in reality only Australia is the continent itself. Islands don’t belong to a continent and it’s a common misconception that every piece of land must belong to a continent. That’s not the case, Oceania is a region of which the continent of Australia is a part of.
@@spongebubatz there are different definitions for what a continent is, from a geographical standpoint Oceania isn't a continent (nor Europe is, as it is part of Eurasia), but from a geopolitical standpoint it is
@@spongebubatzThank you👏. As an Australian I'm tired of this misconception. Oceania is a geographical region. It's a construct to give a name to the area that included the Pacific Islands. We don't really use the term Oceania here. If anything we will say Australasia, to refer to the sub region covering Australia, New Zealand and sometimes PNG. I've had people from the northern hemisphere try and tell me that Australia was never a continent and never can be LOL. The Australian Government website refers to Australia as a continent. Australia has its own continental shelf. And you are correct about not every little Island needing to belong to a continent. Hawaii is an independent island state. Politically it's part of the United States but it's not part of the North American continent. And New Zealand was not considered to be part of a continent for a long time either. Though now is thought to be part of Zealandia (most of which is under water), along with New Caledonia. Australia is thought to have the world's oldest continental crust discovered, 4.4 billion yrs old.
Enjoyed the quiz. Just one pont of note, near the beginning there is the UK Union Jack (or flag flying) - it is upside down and should only be shown if a ship is in distress!
I was always taught that, but what puzzles me is that from a distance one really couldn't tell if the jack or flag was upside down or not, unlike, say, the Welsh flag.
#9 this is only technically correct if we measure distances FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH, which we do not. All mountains on earth are measured from the lithosphere. So using the lithosphere as our gauge, then Mount Everest has the highest MASL in the world. So number 9 is extremely contentious and debatable
Technically, Mauna Kea is the "tallest" as was stated in the video, meaning it is the one which has the greatest distance from it's foot to its top. Lots of Mauna Kea is under water though. Chimborazo is the one furthest from the centre of the earth, due to the equatorial bulge (Google oblate spheroid). Everest is the one which is highest above mean sea level.
For the tallest mountain, I forget what island it is, but if you measure from the base, there's an island whose volcano would be considered the tallest taking credit for it's base on the sea floor. Measuring from the base, Everest isn't all that tall given the starting elevation.
You must be talking about Mauna Kea. iirc, the tallest mountains are Mauna Kea (when talking about base to peak), Everest (when talking above sea level) and Mt Chimborazo (when talking about distance from center of the Earth). The reason why the sea level classification isn't taken so seriously in a lot of contexts is because the way sea level is calculated is very messy.
@@smoceany9478 Are you talking about what some people call prominence? If so, the best I can find on that is Denali third after Everest and Aconcagua (Argentina). But maybe you are talking about something else?
8. Largest states (area in millions of km²): - Western Australia (2.64) - Queensland (1.85) - Alaska (1.72) - Amazonas (1.56) - Pará (1.25) - South Australia (1.04) - Mato Grosso (0.90) - New South Wales (0.81) - Texas (0.70)
While I appreciate this contribution and it may be technically correct I do think it is misleading. I would think a list like this should be made up of country subdivisions rather than strictly states. Once territory’s, oblasts and the like are included it paints quite a different picture.
@@AugustoFeyh sure again technically correct, but I think the implication was clear that he was referring to states in the United States of America and not states in general.
Lots of people have mentioned Norway/North Korea, so I won't repeat it, but I was missing a few: a) The Panama Canal from the Pacific to The Atlantic side actually goes from East to West. b) Alaska has not only the Northernmost point in the US, but also both the points furthest East _and_ West!
For #1----please tell this to the British Olympic team and the IOC. Every time the British team marches into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies---even when they are hosting it as in 2012----the country is identified in English as "Great Britain", never "United Kingdom."
1. Some of these are wrong 2. Most of the ones that are right are pretty universally known. 3. I don’t know that people get some of these wrong, so much as they don’t think or talk about it. You never really hear people go “well, as you know, the Top Five Most Populous Cities include several in China…”
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Norway coast one isn't necessarily accurate because it depends what scale your measurement is for coastlines. The smaller units you use, the longer the coast gets, to the point where coastlines can essentially become infinitely long. However Norway's coast is still way longer than people would think in most methods of measurement
First time watching your channel, and lots of interesting things. I understand that you're putting out facts very quickly, but the way I would have stated the thing about Mt. Chimborazo vs. Mt. Everest is that it is the land point farthest from the center of the Earth, rather than "protrudes further". I immediately understood when you said that it is closer to the equator, but for those unfamiliar it would take a fairly lengthy explanation. Also, we should be past the point of having so much reliance on Mercator projection, so that Greenland's area looks more accurate. Mercator makes the northern part of Greenland look wider too, which it really isn't. In Mercator projection, the area of Antarctica is infinite.
I'm from Eastport Maine and lived in Quaddy village as a young child but didn't know it was the closest place to Africa in the USA I knew it was the most North Eastern point in the country
5:00 this one is debatable. by some sources, Guangzhou is estimated to have 40 million people, but that just depends on how you measure it Edit: also, Shanghai is usually counted as a part of the top 5
31: Metro Manila is not a single city. It's made of 16 cities, and Metro Manila is also not the capital of Philippines. A city in Metro Manila is the capital but not the entire region.
Since June 24, 1976, the city of Manila is the capital of the Philippines, by a decree of President Marcos (PD 940). However, PD 824 defines Metropolitan Manila as the National Capital Region (NCR), the permanent seat of national government. As such, Quezon City still serves as the Philippines’ government center with the legislature and other important government offices located in its area.
I am not a geography freak. I was curious, what's your take on what people get wrong. I'm 5 facts in and I can only think - really, really...how....not smart the average Joe must be.... "Iceland is not made of ice".. .😂 realky!? Very informative 😂
Even though Australia is often cited as a continent, I firmly believe it's a sub-continent of the larger Oceana - the islands that aren't apart of Asia or the America's (which includes the Indonesian controlled part of New Guinea and adjacent islands, thus making Indonesia a transcontinental country, along with Russia (the boundary being the Ural mountains), Turkey (the Bosporus Strait), Kazakhstan (the Ural mountains), Egypt (the Suez Canal) and Panama (the Panama Canal).
In the Netherlands, the use of the terms "Holland" (as you describe ) and "Dutch" (similar to the Dutch, or German, words for German) are nowadays very much more tolerated than they used to be, and even used sometimes by the Dutch themselves. I'm surprised you didn't mention the very common use of "England" to mean the UK. The problem is that if you call the UK England, Angleterre etc, what do you call England ? The French tend to do it especially, but they have no other word for "England".
And then there's no equivalent word for "people from the UK". You can say British or English but what about people who are from Wight, Skye, Jersey, or Northern Ireland? UKese? UKian? UKites?
@@Statalyzer British politicians (and others) speaking to their own countrymen nearly always call the country "Britain", not "the UK", and then the adjective is "British", and this is understood to include people in Northern Ireland (although inevitably some of them will never be happy with that). For the people, you have "the British". "the British people", "(the) Brits", or "Britons", but NOT "Britishers" (which was once much favoured by Germans). All of them have drawbacks in different contexts. "The British" tends to refer to official contexts like wars or political discussion or sports events; to English ears, "Britons" (like "Anglo-Saxons") is inappropriate, because it refers to a particular period of history; "Brits" sounds like an abbreviated word used in a newspaper headline, which essentially it is. "Brits in Med escape bid drama". "British people" is probably the best, unless you can be sure that they all English, in which case (as with Sottish or Welsh people), the more specific term is preferred. People from Northern Ireland are Ulstermen, but the catholics probably loathe this name and insist they are Irish, which of course they are (and so are the protestants). It's always called "The Isle of Wight", and usually "The Isle of Man", which you don't mention. For Man, the adjective is Manx (like the cats). I don' think there is an adjective for the Isle of Wight or for Skye. But this is not unusual. Most counties and towns in England do not have special adjectives. In France, they do, and very varied. In Germany, they usually do, with a formula (like Hamburger, Frankfurter, or Berliner, which is also edible). The Isle of Wight and Skye are in the United Kingdom, but the Isle of Man and Jersey (and Guernsey) are NOT. They have their own parliaments. People from Jersey are Jerriais, as well as being Channel Islanders, and people from Guernsey are Giernésiais but more commonly Guernseymen, as well as being Channel Islanders. The names ending -iais are basically on the French pattern. "The Channel Islands", like "The British Isles", is not actually a political unit in any way. The historical problem is that "Britons" is equivalent to "Gauls" in France, and "Anglo-Saxons" is equivalent to "Franks" in France. The words "English" and "French" or "francois" developed in the Middle Ages to describe peoples who had interbred with incomers and changed. The word "British" was deliberately devised later to include Celtic people as well as the dominant Anglo-Saxons, but "Ancient Britons" still means the people the Romans invaded. On the list of ingredients of a food product, UK refers to Ukraine, not the UK, which is usually shown as EN.
Great Britain is the name of the largest island of the archipelago. It is not the name of Scotland, Wales and England collectively. Anglesey, Isle of Wight, Hebrides, Orkney etc are NOT part of great Britain.
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When you started to talk about The Netherlands, I thought you would say that Holland is a city in Michigan (which it is). I was unaware of the two eponymous provinces.
Most of people only think that "Asians" are only people who have a mongoloid like looking like chinese, japanese, korean, vietnamese, etc and they totally ignore that the term "Asians" also includes people from Irak, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Israel, Tajikistan, Turkey, India, Pakistan, etc, etc but the most clear think is that Asia is not an individual continent because it is part of a huge continent called as Eurasia so for example people from Germany and people from Iran live in a same continental land "Eurasia".
Lol, what most people even mean? You think people living in China call themselves asian? Or to anyone else from their country up to Turkey? Because they are certainly 'most people' globally speaking. On the other hand, I'm from south america and neither I nor anyone I know even use the term ''asian''.
The definition of a continent is a large, continuous expanse of land. There are seven continents: Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Antarctica and Australia. Antarctica and Australia are both island continents). But as Antarctica is larger than Australia, it would be considered the largest island in the world (if you include the two island continents). The continents of Asia, Africa and Europe being the largest contiguous land mass on the planet might be called the largest island - but nobody considers it an island. Some people consider both North and South America to be a single continent. The nation of Australia (formally known as the Commonwealth of Australia) consists of the continent of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, and includes many of the smaller surrounding islands. Oceania is not a continent - it is not a large, contiguous land mass. It is a socio-geographical term for a region that includes the continent of Australia and the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, that are not considered part of another continent. (For example, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia are part of Asia, while Papua New Guinea, which shares a land border and an island with Indonesia, is considered part of Oceania.)
Me every time someone says Australia is a continent: 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️😭😭😭😭😠😠😠😠 2 facts for you: No it isn't!! There are 7 continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica. Oceania includes the Pacific island nations, New Zealand, and Australia. 4:29 Australia can too be the largest island. IT'S NOT A CONTINENT!!! And even if it were, the continent would include the Australian island state of Tasmania, thus making the big island neither a complete country or continent.
So much to unpack here. First of all, continents are, like the name already implies, continous landmasses which means that islands aren’t included. They also can’t form a continent, Oceania for example is a geographical region. Of course Tasmania isn’t a part of the Australian continent. Who has said that the country of Australia and the continent of Australia are the same? Exactly, no one. Australia covers the entire continent of Australia but isn’t restricted to it. Tasmania is an island, so not a part of a continent, but a part of Australia. I thought that this distinction between country and continent was obvious.
@@spongebubatz islands are part of the continent they’re closest to what you’re saying. It’s just the literal translation of the Latin word not any scientific definition.
I disagree with 20. Australia is not a continent but the biggest part of the continent. New Zealand, West Papua and Papua New Guinea are also there and they all add up to make either Australia(Continent) as it is refered in Wikipedia or simply Australiasia. I also disagree with 28. If you can show me a state lower then the Yucatan then sure i will agree, but it is south of the border
20 is still correct as Australia is both the name of the continent and a country on it. Just as the United States of America is only part of America, so the Commonwealth of Australia is only part of Australia. Also, New Zealand is not part of the same continent, but New Guinea certainly is. As for Oceania, that is a region, mostly made up of ocean as the name suggests. It includes the Australian continent, but it is not itself a continent, ocean being the literal opposite of a continent.
Did any of these facts surprise you? Or did you know them all?
I was surprised that Great Britain and UK are not the same😅
I knew most of them.
Love the one about Florida's proximity to Africa.
Mount Kea is actually the tallest but most of it is underwater
Florida fact and China city fact was the only surprise for me
I've never heard someone saying: "the atlantic ocean is the largest ocean in the world"
I once argued with someone who claimed that the Indian Ocean is the largest ocean, but like you, I have not heard that claim about The Atlantic.
You've never heard a person from western Europe in the 15th century.
@@AugustoFeyh I would like a citation for that claim, please
@@AugustoFeyh hmm I wonder why
Americans
"Iceland isn't made of ice."
Yeah sure. Next thing you know you're going to tell me that Ivory Coast isn't made of ivory.
Greenland is not green either
what's next? Cape Town isn't made of a bunch of capes tied together??? pfft yeah. sure
Yeah next thing you know canada is not made from cans.
Yes, but I have been hungry in Hungary.
What about the Gold Coast? ;)
Everest is the tallest mountain when measured from sea level. Chimborazo is the tallest mountain when measured from the center of the earth, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest mountain from base to summit, but half of it is underwater.
cool!
@@TheBoxelofTheLastCentury Mt Everest is the highest peak in the world. Close to the outer atmosphere
As a matter of fact Norway actually borders Russia so really North Korea and Norway are separated by one country
Poland as well
@@eliwhite5548 Poland boarders Kaliningrad area, which belongs to Russia, but you can't get there straight from Russia. Simplest way (lowest amount of countries) from Poland to Russia is through Belarus.
And just as “Iceland is not made of ice,” I’d add that Poland is not made of polls!
@@brianarbenz1329 and what about Turkey 😂
@@richardc316 nah it's actually made by Lil Durk
3:50 Coastline is not a topologically well-defined measure. It depends on what sized ruler you use.
Yeah, this is an interesting problem in Complexity Theory. I think it's called the Frontier Paradox.
Is that why France's coastline got bigger under Napolean?
I do not understand that.
@@ianpodmore9666 Thanks. I think I'll get it now.
You mean the smaller the measuring unit, the more curves, small bays, rugged rocky regions you get measured precisely. where a measurement in kilometer units for the same shoreline would just be a straight line. And therefore shorter.
Correct?
You would assume then when coastlines are compared to find the longest, the same sized ruler would be used to measure all coastlines. I imagine there are algorithms that do it for you using satellite data.
1:11 when he said it’s actually Vancouver at first instead of Ottawa I freaked out that I was a idiot for a sec
Who on earth thought the Atlantic Ocean was the largest body of water?
I thought it was common knowledge the pacific is the biggest ocean
@@redda2 it is
Portuguese people in the 15th century.
*shamefully raises hand*
Atlantic may not be the largest ocean but it is part of the largest body of water given all oceans are part of one contiguous body of water.
I think some of these are a bit of a stretch. Like Mexico not being south of the US. Yeah. You can find some parts of Mexico in different directions from some parts of the US. But, Mexico is south of the vast majority of the US as a whole country.
So it’s better to say that Mexico is Southwest of the US.
in the same way you could say Scotland isn't north of England because the border goes SW-NE. Dumfries (Scotland) is further south than Rothbury (England).
There is a bit of Mexico from which Arizona is due south. I've even been to that part of Arizona. (There are a number of smaller bits from which you can go due south from Mexico into Texas, but interestingly, none into the other border states of California or New Mexico.)
Indeed, by the assumption made in this video, Bolivia is neither West, nor East, nor South, nor North of Brazil......... -_-
Hawaii would really be the key state to consider.
I used to get very confused about Australia and Greenland when I was younger. As an Australian at we were taught we were the large state island/smallest continent. However I would look at Greenland on a map, and be very confused. It was a very long time before I understood about map projections and how distorted two dimensional representations of a three dimensional object are.
also australias not a continent its oceania
@@UtavMc A continent is a large continuous landmass. Although I know some people see Oceania as a continent, it actually depends on what you were taught as school. I think is very hard to define part of the largest ocean on Earth as a continent.
@@brontewcat well solomon islands, fiji, tuvalu, nauru, tonga palau, etc. all have to be part of a continent and it’s certainly not asia. then that thought of a continuous landmass is quickly broken apart by places like the Philippines, japan, indonesia and more. i realize a lot of people think australias a continent but at the same time every country needs to be part of a continent and if it’s just australia then that leaves out a lot of countries
@@UtavMc Where on Earth did you get the idea every country has be a part of a continent.
Also what do understand by a the continent anyway? I understand it to be a geographical concept not geographical, although understand some people see it as a geographical term. I also understand there is no universal accepted definition.
@@brontewcatby your definition then there would only be four continents. America, Africa, Australia, and Eurasia. Since I dont see you or anyone saying Eurasia is a continent, then you have to agree that continents are geopolitically defined and not only defined by geography. Therefore the continent is Oceania and Australia is the biggest island in the world because it is NOT a continent.
I was surprised to find out about Maine being closer to Africa than is Florida. Then it occurred to me that Canada must be closer to Africa than Maine is. I checked into that and so far I found that Hunts Port Nova Scotia is only 4933km or 3058miles from El Jadida Morocco. Thanks for the Videos you create!
Cool, you went full nerd. Love the factoid.
Why would canada be closer
@@Persac7Nova Scotia is east of Maine.
yeah... like the fact that the northern most point of brazil is closer to canada than to the southernmost point of brazil
@@axelnovati The northeastern point(s) of the Texas panhandle (NE of Amarillo, that is) are closer to points in Ontario than the mouth of the Rio Grande.
I feel like Australia not being an island is up for debate, especially since many people debate the exact extent the continent of which the country is a part. If it includes anything more than just Mainland Australia, then that is an island within the continent. Truth is there is no universally agreed upon definition for continent.
Hate to disappoint you, buttercup, but afaik, professional geographers do not regard Australia as an island. It is a continent; Size Matters.
@@JESL_TheOnlyOne Again, depends who you ask. Most French geographers would say it is a part of the continent of Oceania which includes New Zealand and Polynesia, etc, in which case mainland Australia is simply and island within the continent.
@@elfarlaur Uhhhhhh, no.
I don't care if French geographers want to play silly games. Oceania is a region, it is NOT a continent, as any half-drunk soccer hooligan squinting through broken glass can tell. Australasia is quite arguably part of Oceania, yet neither are continents. Why? Look up the etymology of 'continent'.
Hint: it has to do with landmasses.
Now, if you want to insist 7 million square miles of water is a continent, you go right ahead.
@@JESL_TheOnlyOne The thing is, the definition of "continent" is so vague it may as well not exist. In fact most of the world can't even agree on how many continents there are. By any definition you take, you have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. What OC is pointing out is that it's up for debate where to draw that line.
Most definitions of Australia the continent also include Tasmania, a separate island, which would mean the island of Australia would qualify. Many include the island of New Guinea as well.
You can go on about what geographers say, but they don't agree on it either. There is literally no global consensus, so an argument for Australia being the largest island is 100% valid.
@@serg9320 You really don't comprehend.
All I said was, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
Capiche, paisano? I stand by my statement until someone demonstrates otherwise. There IS a geographic definition of continent, No, definitions in empirical science aren't mathematically precise (duuuuh), and a continent is NOT an island, and Australia is a continent.
I'm not a geographer - just someone who pays attention and understands what distinctions are. IOW, I'm an educated Western adult and some folks here are children, intellectually.
I'm not even going to bother with anything you wrote beyond the first sentence of the first post I read - it's plain as day you pay no attention to what's written.
AFAIK!!!!! - Jesus Christ, get a clue.
3:01 I am assuming by the image you used that you meant "contiguous United States" and not "continental". The contiguous United States is all of the states that border each other, also known as the "lower 48". The continental United States is the "lower 48" plus Alaska.
China not having one of the 5 most populous cities is definitely up for discussion. Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people. Once again, it depends on what criteria you use to define a city or a metropolitan area.
I thought Shanghai was top 5
the measurements they were using were by the metropolitan region, in which case Shanghai has like 26-27 million people, so it is definitely in the top 5
"Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people" that megalopolis is called Pearl River Delta Megalopolis, while Guangzhou is JUST part of it
Indeed, and there's also the issue of a lot of unofficial people in large PRC cities; some estimate Beijing metro at ~80M.
be careful, there is a thread where someone called John Lee looses his shit about people not accepting his "as far as i know" definition of continent. If he knows someone is pointing out the vagaries of the word city he will take over this thread
Actually, Brazil is NOT larger than the CONTINENTAL United States of America, since Alaska falls into the category of being part of the CONTINENTAL United States of America. Brazil IS, however, larger than the CONTIGUOUS United States of America. 😁
Nice 😎
Correct. Not everyone speaks English.
No it is not even just the contiguous US is larger check their area
Came to comment the same thing. Continental and contiguous are not the same thing.
@@elijasandoval1658 Contiguous USA - 8 million sq. km.
Brazil - 8.5 million sq. km.
Brazil is larger.
1:41 Greenland is much bigger than it looks on a map. On a map it’s only a few inches.
@@johnloony68 lmaooo underrated
Lol. I once heard of a person who thought you could see Canada from the United Kingdom. Man I was laughing for days.
😂
If you look at a globe instead of a flat map you'll get the right idea about Greenland's size
This was a good list- and I appreciate the disclaimer at the beginning. I learned a couple of things, and held my tongue for the ones I thought obvious because your purpose was clear. But I have to ask- who thinks the Atlantic is the biggest body of water? That's nowhere near as obscure as some of the others- one would have to have literally never seen a globe or even a world map of any projection.
you would be surprised
another example is not even knowing how many continents there are
The disclaimer at the beginning should be what is he referring to with 'most people' or 'the average Joe' tho
@@BolphesarusMaximusWardius actually there isnt a clear answer of how many continents there are or their boundaries. Different areas also teach children different continents. The main confusion is with North and South America on if they're one continents or 2. It depends on where someone grows up on what continents they recognize
@@PicklEmpire geography wise there is just 1 correct answer-this isn't history where you can learn different perspectives
These are boundaries decided by major geographical features which were created a long time ago(both the features and the boundaries)
@@BolphesarusMaximusWardius again. There isn't a set boundary for continents. The definition of a continent is vague. That's why there's confusion on where North and South America end or if they are one single continent.
I can't believe people get the Atlantic Ocean/ Pacific Ocean one wrong. Isn't it obvious that the Pacific Ocean is much bigger. Maybe he just ran out of geography facts people often get wrong.
My sisters didn’t know the atlantic pacific thing
Some people actually either forget or don't want to believe that the world is rather round and not flat like the map, so they believe that the part of the Pacific to the east of Asia and the other part to the west of the Americas are two different water bodies, on the map.
The world map in every country has their own country in the center. So depending on where you live, it might not look so clear. Google world map and look at all the different maps that pop up
@@Milliardo66 thats just not true at all lol, almost every single map of the world in the world is centred around the UK because of the prime meridian
@@shadoww7301 Nonsense, go to the US or America in general or Asia, they have their continent in the center
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Iceland is quite green, while Greenland is just one big glacier
Yes, this!
As an Icelander I've encounteted that fact too many times. While it's true that Iceland has milder temprature than Greenland, both are capable of growing green grass in the summer, and both have long and cold winters. Iceland is very green for about 4-5 months of the year, but the rest not so much. Don't get me wrong, I think the summer here is unique, even if the tempratures are rather low most days.
Second fact I've encountered often is when people think the names were switched, which is very untrue. Greenland was 'discovered' (by European settlers) from an Icelandic convoy 100 years after Iceland was settled. The name Greenland may in fact have been given to attract more settlers, but could also be due to the simple fact that viking voyages were only made during summer time. The name 'Iceland' comes from a pissed off settler who went mountain climbing after a harsh winter where all of his livestock died, and saw a massive amount of snow in valley. At least according to legend. Previously it had been named 'Snowland' and 'Garðarshólmi' (settler was called Garðar and basically named it after himself).
Greenland's ice and Iceland's green.
@@Devlinator61116 No, not really
Iceland is known as the land of ice and fire, as it has volcanic and frozen landscapes. But you are right, Iceland also is quite green. But Greenland on the other hand is literally ice. Totally not confusing for people who don’t know geography.
One of the most geography facts I know: the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to EVERY country in the Americas (Canada included) than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.
Interesting! And yes, the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to (northern) Uruguay than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil!
@@pierremarcoux9465 Actually, most of Uruguay is north of the southernmost point of Brazil, I would say around 70-80%.
Depends on if you consider the Falkland Islands a country within the UK or just part of the UK I guess
It's a bit like most of the population of Australia living closer to NZ than to Perth which is a city on the west coast of around 2 million people.
What about the UK (Falkland Islands)? I’m also a little skeptical about Denmark (Greenland).
Your videos are a great mix of fun and education. Thanks for the awesome geography content! 🌟🗺
The tallest mountain on earth from base to summit is actually Mauna Loa in Hawaii, but most of it is submerged under the Pacific Ocean.
Mauna Loa is not even the tallest mountain on Hawai'i. Mauna Kei is 125 feet further above sea level and the base is about the same (depending on how that is measured).
I think it was worded a bit wrong in the video.
While mount Everest is indeed the highest point above sea level, the summit of mount Chimborazo is the farthest point from the centre of the earth, due to the earth being an oblate spheroid.
Mount Everest is the highest from sea level (or just highest), Mauna Loa is the largest single mountain by volume, Mauna Kea is the tallest and Chimborazo is the highest point from the center of Earth.
@@zork999 yes
@@Peapod_pocket_squirrel fun fact : my mother is an oblate spheroid
I reckon it’s still more accurate to say that Mexico is South of the US.
Yeah, they were kind of getting hung up on specifics there. Lots of countries have areas that overlap a bit, many areas in the US are north of areas of Canada (and not just Alaska but pretty much all the states along the US/Canada border) but we would still say Canada is north of the US because the vast majority of Canada is north of the vast majority of (non Alaska) US. Unless borders are compeltely straight, that will always wind up happening. Same thing with Norway/Sweden. Norway is west of Sweden but yet there are lots of part of Sweden that are west of portions of Norway but when you say something is west/north/south/east of somewhere, I think most people understand it is a general statement otherwise how would you say it? In the Mexico/US case, there are portions of the US that are north, south, west, and east of various poritons of Mexico. Should we say Mexico is the US's southern/western/northern/eastern neighbor? The same exact statement could made for Canada. That winds up being true for tons of borders between countries. Seems like a weird thing they picked out.
If you are unlucky enough to find yourself in Detroit, the easiest way to get to Canada is by going south.
Absolutely
@@dancledan Yep by going to Windsor Ontario on the Ambassador Bridge
Overall at least Mexico is south of the US all right
Australia beware! If they can decide that Pluto is not a planet, who says they can't declare that Australia is not a continent? Solidarity, Aussie brothers and sisters! We stand with you!
The USA is larger than Brazil because of the state of Alaska, not because of its territories. If you look up Great Britain, isn't it technically just the largest island among the British Isles?
The latter is true, but, what's your point? Please clarify.
Both are technically true. Great Britain is the geographical name for the largest island in the archipelago but from common usage, and usage in official documents, a name the can be used politically to describe 3 out of 4 of the countries of the UK. Before Ireland was incorporated the country was officially the kingdom of Great Britain
@@sebmadraszek2976 Uhhh...yeah. Yes, that's true.
I just didn't understand what the commentor was saying.
@@JESL_TheOnlyOne That this video got both of those things wrong.
Hope you don't include Ireland for we don't say we are in the British isles, this is what the English say.
1:31 "In January and February, Iran can see temperatures as low as 4⁰C."
The AVERAGE low in Tehran in January is -1.5⁰C and the record low is -11.4⁰C. Meanwhile the city of Borujen has an average low of -14⁰C in January and the city of Saqqez has recorded -36⁰C.
I was going to say: 4°C isn’t even that cold.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co It is that cold.
@@father0f4ll no it isn't
tbf, it looks like the graph showed the average temperature overall, not the average low
@@father0f4ll Canadian here. That is a perfect temperature
I new most of them but you helped me understand better them!Keep up the good work!
The US does not surpass Brazil in area due to "outlying territories", but because of the State of Alaska. Territories (like Guam) don't have much area.
I don't think he knows how Americans use thw word "territories." Also, Alaska is part of the continental US, so his fact was wrong anyway. Maybe he meant contiguous?
@@eliwhite5548 Yeah he meant Brazil was larger than the lower 48 states
@@eliwhite5548 I think there's confusion about that one he said "continental" but I think he means "contiguous" (i e the Lower 48)
I would like to mention something about the coastline. The reason why its so long depends on the unit of measurement you use to measure it. Coastlines are curvy and not straight. For example a triangle could have a perimeter of 3 cm but a 6 sided star of the same area could have more. I recommend looking into the coastline paradox for more information. The length of the coastline you measure depends on what unit of measurement you use
Ah yes. Enter the celebrated determination of a coastland problem.
Norway has measured the coastline very precise. At 102373km. If other countries are to lazy to measure then they wont win.
@CaptainBreny there's no way that tiny country has more coastline than Australia, mate 😂
A lot of islands they have.
Sure, some of Mexico is west of Texas but if you take each countries center of area it's clearly south of USA.
Informative facts. Thank you
3:00 the US is bigger because of Alaska, the territories and Hawaii are so small they wouldn’t even matter
True. But let’s not leave them out as some people will feel left out.
4:59 lmao that's kinda a stupid thing to say. that list measures based off of metro areas. China does not define metro areas in the same way as many other countries. More people live in Shanghai proper than in the Delhi, Manila, or Seoul-Incheon metros, but since China does not define metro areas in this way, Shanghai does not show up on your list. This should have been an incredibly easy thing to fact check. Not to mention, claiming Norway to have the 2nd longest coast when coastline lengths aren't defined well due to the coastline paradox, and countries have wildly inconsistent ways of measuring their own coastlines. Or the part about claiming Australia isn't an island due to it being a continent, since continents are not a well-defined unit of measurement, plus the "continent" of Australia(/Oceania) includes more than just the Australian mainland (i.e. Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and plenty of other small islands around the coast), the landmass of the Australian mainland is definitely larger than the continent by any definition you use. And saying Mexico is not south of the US because there are parts of the US that are farther south than the northernmost point of Mexico is completely asinine. Just absolute stupidity. I'm not gonna make fun of y'all for claiming things like "akshually X isn't the capital of Y" is either not well known or at all interesting. But getting at least 4/30 of your "facts" completely wrong is... honestly impressive. Why did I spend five minutes typing this out? What a waste of my time. The channel that posted this obviously wont care. If they cared, they'd have actually fact checked their facts.
so glad someone said that...
I knew that Java was the most populous island but I had never really thought about how crazy it is that it's more populous than Honshu considering Honshu has Tokyo which is the biggest metro in the world and it also has many other cities
The Metro Jakarta is nearly as populated as Metro Tokyo.
As a geography geek, I love videos like this. And I wasn't clear on the Netherlands, thanks. I've heard that a peak in Antarctica actually has a lower atmospheric pressure than the summit of Everest because the atmosphere also bulges out towards the Equator and thins at the poles.
As someone who has taken some courses in physics, that is questionable. The bulging at the equator of the atmosphere (which I never thought of, but makes sense; the hydrosphere bulges) would promote lower pressure there, I would say, rather than the poles.
I think the Holland-Netherlands thing comes from the fact that in many other languages, Holland is the official name of the country. I believe inhabitants of Netherlands sometimes refer to themselves as Holland or 'Hollanders' but not quite sure.
@@karililjendal I know a few people from the Netherlands, but they are actually all from Holland - the most populated part of the country (I think).
I didn’t quite understand the mountain thing in the video, but I’m not a native English speaker.
@@jennyh4025 It's entirely erroneous, some folks need to take physics (the course, not a prescription; old meaning of physic).
For number 28: by that logic, you can also say that, technically, Canada is not north of the US, even if you ignore Alaska.
Short and precise explanations. Thank you
As a huge geography aficionado, I did know all these facts. That being said, I did enjoy this video very much so I encourage you to keep up the great work. Ps. Another fact is that the northernmost point of California is further north than the southernmost point of Canada.
I saw another video that mentioned this about California and Canada. It also found the median latitude of Canada's population (i.e. 50% of Canadians live north of the line, 50% south). I don't remember exactly, but most of Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and pretty much all of North Dakota are north of that line.
@@What_Makes_Climate_Tick here’s an interesting one about Canada for you. If you take the southernmost point in Canada (pelee island). More Americans live north of that line in the us then Canadians do. Simply because the population of Canada is so small
Also Reno (Nevada) is more to the west than Los Angeles which actually lies on the west coast.
@@What_Makes_Climate_Tick I think its a RLL video
How can you know all these "facts" when clearly some are inaccurate?
@3:01 Wrong, it's because of a MASSIVE U.S. state--not territory--called Alaska.
@@user-sj3io8sl3x you meant contiguous.
Alaska is part of the continental US.
Wrong it’s cause Brazil gets to include all its territories while the us doesn’t
If this helps he is not saying Brazil is larger than the US, period; he is saying that Brazil is larger than the contiguous US (which does not include Alaska) .
Thanks for being succinct and brief.. Great podcast
On #25 you should have used Norway. It's even more mind-blowing since it's even further west than Finland.
Norway's border with Russia is further north than Finland's
When you visit the Sinai peninsula it causes confusion to insurance companies. They ask "where are you going", response "Egypt", "oh so you need insurance for Africa", "no for Asia", "But Egypt in in Africa", "yes but the Sinai is in Asia".
Awesome. Great vid!
Australian here.
You are wrong. Australia is an "Island-continent" and is widely known that it's the world's largest island. Greenland being the "largest Island in the world" is definitely a misconception - since Australia can be and is BOTH.
Thankyou ahah I was hoping someone had pointed this out
Well, if Australia is a continent? Then to what continent does Tonga belongs to? Or Kiribati? Australia is only an island, not a continent
Australia is also a continent because the scale of its land mass and also consists of other islands like Christmas Island or Tasmania etc. But to answer one of your questions Tonga is on the mass of Oceania which is kinda considered a continent which Australia is also part of ahah
@@samembers742 then that just contradicts itself, and if we were to judge continents by landmass, then we wouldn't be where we are today
@@diogoferreira7427 do Kiribati or Tonga have to "belong" to a continent? Hawaii doesn't "belong" to a continent. It's a series of islands in the middle of the ocean. Same deal with Kiribati and Tonga
Another fun fact (maybe you covered this in a different video already, but this is your first video I've seen)
The town of Vardo, Norway is closer to China than it is to Portugal.
#9 is always a favourite of mine. Never really understood why sea level is used to determine mountain height when so many mountains, especially in the Himalayas, don't actually rise that much from their plateau.
Wrong on the first fact mate, Great Britain is the name of the largest Island in the British Isles : Great Britain, occupied by the countries England, Scotland and wales and doesn’t include its outlying islands, which have their own names
A video about facts other people get wrong. and he gets it wrong. Talk about ironic.😂
@@ph1646 also Ireland is part of the British isles which contain both Great Britain and the Island of Ireland + NI
No he's right all he said is they weren't the same thing which they aren't .
@@BubbleTheSigma no he didn’t he said Great Britain is England Scotland wales and their associated islands. That’s not true, Great Britain is literally the name of the island of Great Britain, just the one islands of the British isles
@@anthonyowens6446 oh yes I see what you mean now I forgot
@0:10 Ironic that "The Geography Bible" didn't get the opening sequence of their video correct. They show a *mirror* image of Europe at night as seen from orbit. The "toe" of Italy points the other way.
The entire map is flipped, look at greece
Very good video, thanks.
Another thing you should've added is that Australia by itself isn't a continent. It along with New Zealand, Paupa New guinea and all the other Pacific islands are part of Oceania.
Islands aren’t part of a continent and can’t form a continent. Oceania is a region, Australia a continent. Sometimes the region is called the continent of Oceania or Oceania-Australia but in reality only Australia is the continent itself.
Islands don’t belong to a continent and it’s a common misconception that every piece of land must belong to a continent. That’s not the case, Oceania is a region of which the continent of Australia is a part of.
@@spongebubatz there are different definitions for what a continent is, from a geographical standpoint Oceania isn't a continent (nor Europe is, as it is part of Eurasia), but from a geopolitical standpoint it is
@@spongebubatzThank you👏. As an Australian I'm tired of this misconception. Oceania is a geographical region. It's a construct to give a name to the area that included the Pacific Islands.
We don't really use the term Oceania here. If anything we will say Australasia, to refer to the sub region covering Australia, New Zealand and sometimes PNG.
I've had people from the northern hemisphere try and tell me that Australia was never a continent and never can be LOL. The Australian Government website refers to Australia as a continent. Australia has its own continental shelf.
And you are correct about not every little Island needing to belong to a continent. Hawaii is an independent island state. Politically it's part of the United States but it's not part of the North American continent.
And New Zealand was not considered to be part of a continent for a long time either. Though now is thought to be part of Zealandia (most of which is under water), along with New Caledonia.
Australia is thought to have the world's oldest continental crust discovered, 4.4 billion yrs old.
Enjoyed the quiz. Just one pont of note, near the beginning there is the UK Union Jack (or flag flying) - it is upside down and should only be shown if a ship is in distress!
I was always taught that, but what puzzles me is that from a distance one really couldn't tell if the jack or flag was upside down or not, unlike, say, the Welsh flag.
Loved it and subscribed
#9 this is only technically correct if we measure distances FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH, which we do not. All mountains on earth are measured from the lithosphere. So using the lithosphere as our gauge, then Mount Everest has the highest MASL in the world. So number 9 is extremely contentious and debatable
If you're gonna be wordy, get it right.
Mountain heights are measured from sea level.
That's the hydrosphere, not the lithosphere, Indiana.
Technically, Mauna Kea is the "tallest" as was stated in the video, meaning it is the one which has the greatest distance from it's foot to its top. Lots of Mauna Kea is under water though.
Chimborazo is the one furthest from the centre of the earth, due to the equatorial bulge (Google oblate spheroid).
Everest is the one which is highest above mean sea level.
For the tallest mountain, I forget what island it is, but if you measure from the base, there's an island whose volcano would be considered the tallest taking credit for it's base on the sea floor. Measuring from the base, Everest isn't all that tall given the starting elevation.
You must be talking about Mauna Kea. iirc, the tallest mountains are Mauna Kea (when talking about base to peak), Everest (when talking above sea level) and Mt Chimborazo (when talking about distance from center of the Earth).
The reason why the sea level classification isn't taken so seriously in a lot of contexts is because the way sea level is calculated is very messy.
i know youre talking about mauna kea but also from base to tip, denali is taller than everest, being the tallest land mountain
@@smoceany9478 Interesting. I assume that's because Everest's base is very high up in the Himalayas?
@@serg9320 yes, that is why, people always talk about mauna kea but its rare for people to mention even above land everest isnt the tallest
@@smoceany9478 Are you talking about what some people call prominence? If so, the best I can find on that is Denali third after Everest and Aconcagua (Argentina). But maybe you are talking about something else?
What a great video! I love it! 😍❤🙏🏼 great content
5:10 expanding on this, so is Norway. Norway is separated by 1 country to North Korea, as Norway’s north borders Russia
I cant believe that i knew all of them! LETS GO,
My god… this is all common sense. I’m sad that someone actually said this garbage
@@CleverMonster101 bro I was only 13 at the time why you gotta be a hater
Very interesting thanks for the information.
It's 2500 miles from L.A. to N.Y.C and the Moon is only 2300 miles in Diameter. Yeah I know it's not Geography but It's still fun knowledge.
Similar fun fact, Russia has a larger surface area than all of Pluto!
@@benjiequezada I did not know that, Thanks. : )
8. Largest states (area in millions of km²):
- Western Australia (2.64)
- Queensland (1.85)
- Alaska (1.72)
- Amazonas (1.56)
- Pará (1.25)
- South Australia (1.04)
- Mato Grosso (0.90)
- New South Wales (0.81)
- Texas (0.70)
While I appreciate this contribution and it may be technically correct I do think it is misleading. I would think a list like this should be made up of country subdivisions rather than strictly states. Once territory’s, oblasts and the like are included it paints quite a different picture.
@@NebraskaGonvilleJones I understand you. But he said literally "states". And states are different from provinces, oblasts etc.
I freaked out when I found out that Western Australia and Queensland are bigger than Alaska, considering I’m Australian!
@@AugustoFeyh sure again technically correct, but I think the implication was clear that he was referring to states in the United States of America and not states in general.
A synonym for country is "sovereign state" so you could have just listed countries in order of size if you wanted to be that pedantic.
Fascinating video I love it
Lots of people have mentioned Norway/North Korea, so I won't repeat it, but I was missing a few:
a) The Panama Canal from the Pacific to The Atlantic side actually goes from East to West.
b) Alaska has not only the Northernmost point in the US, but also both the points furthest East _and_ West!
The Panama Canal runs NW/SE. It only runs E-W between Gamboa and Gatun Lake.
@@smokedbrisket3033 I have sailed through it, I'm sure you got my meaning: The Pacific end (Panama City) is further east than the Atlantic terminus.
How can it be further east than the US? I've just looked at a map and it doesn't go further east than any of the other states? What am I missing?
@@tomwatson1116 Alaska has parts on the other side of the date line/180 degree longitude!
2. Netherlands also stands for Kingdom of Netherlands, which has 4 countries: The Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sin Maarten.
Plus Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius
@@ietm1806 I didn't count them because they're part of the country Netherlands.
Ok, misread your first comment, sorry.
And me being petty: it is called The Netherlands. The The is often forgotten
@@ietm1806 I must say I thought about that while I was writing but I thought it wasn't mandatory. Thank you!
@@AugustoFeyh most people forget it, Dutch folk also, I think mainly because in Dutch it is called Nederland
Good video 👍
For #1----please tell this to the British Olympic team and the IOC. Every time the British team marches into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies---even when they are hosting it as in 2012----the country is identified in English as "Great Britain", never "United Kingdom."
@eddiejc1 That's historical.
Sporting competitions allow strange "countries" to compete.
1. Some of these are wrong
2. Most of the ones that are right are pretty universally known.
3. I don’t know that people get some of these wrong, so much as they don’t think or talk about it. You never really hear people go “well, as you know, the Top Five Most Populous Cities include several in China…”
Brilliant.. I actually learn a lot... I want to add some suggestions, ' if possible please do 10-15 new facts but include more data about it... Less facts are fine but we need more information about that fact ' in addition please speak slowly I mean pace must be friendly and slow like a teacher it helps to connect with the facts as a listener.. Just a suggestion if u agree 👍🏼👍🏼
Norway coast one isn't necessarily accurate because it depends what scale your measurement is for coastlines. The smaller units you use, the longer the coast gets, to the point where coastlines can essentially become infinitely long. However Norway's coast is still way longer than people would think in most methods of measurement
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First time watching your channel, and lots of interesting things. I understand that you're putting out facts very quickly, but the way I would have stated the thing about Mt. Chimborazo vs. Mt. Everest is that it is the land point farthest from the center of the Earth, rather than "protrudes further". I immediately understood when you said that it is closer to the equator, but for those unfamiliar it would take a fairly lengthy explanation. Also, we should be past the point of having so much reliance on Mercator projection, so that Greenland's area looks more accurate. Mercator makes the northern part of Greenland look wider too, which it really isn't. In Mercator projection, the area of Antarctica is infinite.
The area isn't infinite, the expansion at the exact point of the south pole is infinite.
Quite a few of these were new to me. Thank you!
I'm from Eastport Maine and lived in Quaddy village as a young child but didn't know it was the closest place to Africa in the USA I knew it was the most North Eastern point in the country
What about alaska
5:00 this one is debatable. by some sources, Guangzhou is estimated to have 40 million people, but that just depends on how you measure it
Edit: also, Shanghai is usually counted as a part of the top 5
Cool video👌🏼
Also the tallest mountain is Mount Kae which rises from the seabed and makes up part of the Hawaiian islands
K2?
Although he did specifically state that the tallest by protruding from the earth. Which is the one he mentioned
@@n0body550 well what lies beneath the seabed?
I caught that too. It’s actually called Mauna Kea tho. 😉
I'm surprised that they didn't mention that European Russia is more populated than Asian Russia, despite Asian Russia being three times larger.
But European Russia is getting bigger...
Very good but a little slower with a bit more time to understand them better would have made it so much better tho. Great video!
Did anyone notice the image of the globe from space right at the very beginning was inverted? I saw Italy but it was a mirror image…
Alaska is technically a part of the continent, so how is it not continental? 🇺🇸
Yeah, better to say something like "Lower 48" or "Contiguous United States".
@@goodlife7012 But you keep Sarah Palin...
@@goodlife7012 No deal - thanks.
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@@goodlife7012 You don't work in sales, do you?
I started off as a good lost of common geography mistakes, but then it just turned into random facts.
3:55 Wait what..? What about Indonesia?
What about it?
31: Metro Manila is not a single city. It's made of 16 cities, and Metro Manila is also not the capital of Philippines. A city in Metro Manila is the capital but not the entire region.
Since June 24, 1976, the city of Manila is the capital of the Philippines, by a decree of President Marcos (PD 940). However, PD 824 defines Metropolitan Manila as the National Capital Region (NCR), the permanent seat of national government. As such, Quezon City still serves as the Philippines’ government center with the legislature and other important government offices located in its area.
There's also 1 municipality
I am not a geography freak. I was curious, what's your take on what people get wrong. I'm 5 facts in and I can only think - really, really...how....not smart the average Joe must be.... "Iceland is not made of ice".. .😂 realky!? Very informative 😂
3:38 uhmm how and who gets this wrong? Did they not learn it in elementary? Lol
Even though Australia is often cited as a continent, I firmly believe it's a sub-continent of the larger Oceana - the islands that aren't apart of Asia or the America's (which includes the Indonesian controlled part of New Guinea and adjacent islands, thus making Indonesia a transcontinental country, along with Russia (the boundary being the Ural mountains), Turkey (the Bosporus Strait), Kazakhstan (the Ural mountains), Egypt (the Suez Canal) and Panama (the Panama Canal).
That literally makes no sense. Australia isn't a continent because of other islands in the vicinity?
Otherwise, great content. Thank you.
In the Netherlands, the use of the terms "Holland" (as you describe ) and "Dutch" (similar to the Dutch, or German, words for German) are nowadays very much more tolerated than they used to be, and even used sometimes by the Dutch themselves. I'm surprised you didn't mention the very common use of "England" to mean the UK. The problem is that if you call the UK England, Angleterre etc, what do you call England ? The French tend to do it especially, but they have no other word for "England".
And then there's no equivalent word for "people from the UK". You can say British or English but what about people who are from Wight, Skye, Jersey, or Northern Ireland? UKese? UKian? UKites?
@@Statalyzer British politicians (and others) speaking to their own countrymen nearly always call the country "Britain", not "the UK", and then the adjective is "British", and this is understood to include people in Northern Ireland (although inevitably some of them will never be happy with that). For the people, you have "the British". "the British people", "(the) Brits", or "Britons", but NOT "Britishers" (which was once much favoured by Germans). All of them have drawbacks in different contexts. "The British" tends to refer to official contexts like wars or political discussion or sports events; to English ears, "Britons" (like "Anglo-Saxons") is inappropriate, because it refers to a particular period of history; "Brits" sounds like an abbreviated word used in a newspaper headline, which essentially it is.
"Brits in Med escape bid drama".
"British people" is probably the best, unless you can be sure that they all English, in which case (as with Sottish or Welsh people), the more specific term is preferred.
People from Northern Ireland are Ulstermen, but the catholics probably loathe this name and insist they are Irish, which of course they are (and so are the protestants).
It's always called "The Isle of Wight", and usually "The Isle of Man", which you don't mention. For Man, the adjective is Manx (like the cats). I don' think there is an adjective for the Isle of Wight or for Skye. But this is not unusual. Most counties and towns in England do not have special adjectives. In France, they do, and very varied. In Germany, they usually do, with a formula (like Hamburger, Frankfurter, or Berliner, which is also edible).
The Isle of Wight and Skye are in the United Kingdom, but the Isle of Man and Jersey (and Guernsey) are NOT. They have their own parliaments. People from Jersey are Jerriais, as well as being Channel Islanders, and people from Guernsey are Giernésiais but more commonly Guernseymen, as well as being Channel Islanders. The names ending -iais are basically on the French pattern. "The Channel Islands", like "The British Isles", is not actually a political unit in any way.
The historical problem is that "Britons" is equivalent to "Gauls" in France, and "Anglo-Saxons" is equivalent to "Franks" in France. The words "English" and "French" or "francois" developed in the Middle Ages to describe peoples who had interbred with incomers and changed. The word "British" was deliberately devised later to include Celtic people as well as the dominant Anglo-Saxons, but "Ancient Britons" still means the people the Romans invaded.
On the list of ingredients of a food product, UK refers to Ukraine, not the UK, which is usually shown as EN.
Le Royaume-Uni is the United Kingdom in French.
Great Britain is the name of the largest island of the archipelago. It is not the name of Scotland, Wales and England collectively. Anglesey, Isle of Wight, Hebrides, Orkney etc are NOT part of great Britain.
Ran out of ideas and threw that Atlantic one in there. Loved it 😎
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He forgot mention that Africa is NOT a country it is a continent
Yeah, but only American's get that one wrong. Everyone else in the world knows this already.
@@RobertsAdra OK but he also named other very dumb assumptions like the Atlantic Ocean being lager than the Pacific for some reason
People who genuinely believe that aren’t capable to open TH-cam to begin with...
This is the very first video I've watch from this channel, subscribed based on the channel name before the video even loaded. I'm also from, Ottawa, and just about lost it at the beginning of this video 🤣 great stuff, love the channel already.
I’m so glad someone finally talked about the Antarctica being a desert fact. I feel like everyone seems to not know the definition of a desert 🥲
Wait... this all isn't common knowlege?
When you started to talk about The Netherlands, I thought you would say that Holland is a city in Michigan (which it is). I was unaware of the two eponymous provinces.
Most of people only think that "Asians" are only people who have a mongoloid like looking like chinese, japanese, korean, vietnamese, etc and they totally ignore that the term "Asians" also includes people from Irak, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Israel, Tajikistan, Turkey, India, Pakistan, etc, etc but the most clear think is that Asia is not an individual continent because it is part of a huge continent called as Eurasia so for example people from Germany and people from Iran live in a same continental land "Eurasia".
#Sinosphere is what they actually have in mind!
Lol, what most people even mean? You think people living in China call themselves asian? Or to anyone else from their country up to Turkey? Because they are certainly 'most people' globally speaking. On the other hand, I'm from south america and neither I nor anyone I know even use the term ''asian''.
Australia isn't a continent, the continent Australia is part of is called oceania... So Australia is technically the largest island in the world.
The definition of a continent is a large, continuous expanse of land. There are seven continents: Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Antarctica and Australia. Antarctica and Australia are both island continents). But as Antarctica is larger than Australia, it would be considered the largest island in the world (if you include the two island continents). The continents of Asia, Africa and Europe being the largest contiguous land mass on the planet might be called the largest island - but nobody considers it an island. Some people consider both North and South America to be a single continent.
The nation of Australia (formally known as the Commonwealth of Australia) consists of the continent of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, and includes many of the smaller surrounding islands.
Oceania is not a continent - it is not a large, contiguous land mass. It is a socio-geographical term for a region that includes the continent of Australia and the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, that are not considered part of another continent. (For example, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia are part of Asia, while Papua New Guinea, which shares a land border and an island with Indonesia, is considered part of Oceania.)
#25 ( 5:09 )… even better with “Norway and North Korea are separated by one country!”
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No it isn't!! There are 7 continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica. Oceania includes the Pacific island nations, New Zealand, and Australia.
4:29 Australia can too be the largest island. IT'S NOT A CONTINENT!!! And even if it were, the continent would include the Australian island state of Tasmania, thus making the big island neither a complete country or continent.
So much to unpack here.
First of all, continents are, like the name already implies, continous landmasses which means that islands aren’t included. They also can’t form a continent, Oceania for example is a geographical region.
Of course Tasmania isn’t a part of the Australian continent. Who has said that the country of Australia and the continent of Australia are the same? Exactly, no one. Australia covers the entire continent of Australia but isn’t restricted to it. Tasmania is an island, so not a part of a continent, but a part of Australia. I thought that this distinction between country and continent was obvious.
@@spongebubatz islands are part of the continent they’re closest to what you’re saying. It’s just the literal translation of the Latin word not any scientific definition.
I consider Australia to be the continental section of Oceania, being itself not a continent
I disagree with 20. Australia is not a continent but the biggest part of the continent. New Zealand, West Papua and Papua New Guinea are also there and they all add up to make either Australia(Continent) as it is refered in Wikipedia or simply Australiasia.
I also disagree with 28. If you can show me a state lower then the Yucatan then sure i will agree, but it is south of the border
Or should we say oceania
20 is still correct as Australia is both the name of the continent and a country on it. Just as the United States of America is only part of America, so the Commonwealth of Australia is only part of Australia. Also, New Zealand is not part of the same continent, but New Guinea certainly is. As for Oceania, that is a region, mostly made up of ocean as the name suggests. It includes the Australian continent, but it is not itself a continent, ocean being the literal opposite of a continent.
@@therealdababycovertible9503 that also applies
@@MrMuel1205 then which continent includes New Zealand if you don't count it? I fully stand by what i said for 20
@@ludwigschneider2258 Asia
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