Look, we might be a bit biased, but we think that Planet Earth is the best place in our Solar System (and probably the Milky Way Galaxy)! Earth’s full of cute cats, plenty of bamboo to keep us from going hungry, and it’s where we keep all of our stuff. It’s also full of so many wonderful and beautiful things that we lost count… and tons of mysteries to uncover in the future. Heck, the vast majority of the ocean is still left unexplored!
What we’re trying to say is that it makes perfect sense to learn more about our home planet. Some choose to study biology and all living things, others focus on human beings via sociology or economics, but when it comes to the fundamentals, you can’t go wrong with geography. The subject goes far deeper than just rattling off a few capital city names from memory.
Today, we’re featuring the r/geography subreddit, a celebration of all things related to geography. (The name really says it all, doesn’t it?) Scroll down for some of their best posts and if you enjoyed them, consider joining the online community. Geographers, amateur and veteran alike, are all welcome. Got your pencils and notebooks ready? Ready to have some feeky fun? Thinking caps: on! Let’s go.
Patrick McGranaghan, a land surveyor from Colorado with a passion for map-making and travel, was kind enough to answer Bored Panda’s questions about the importance of geography. Check out what he told us below.
#1 Canada Still Has 91% Of The Forest Cover That Existed At The Beginning Of The European Settlement
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#2 This Person Really Took The Time To Travel To The Right Spot
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#3 Just Right!
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#4 A Modern Photo Compared With A Photo Taken Over A Century Earlier In The Same Place
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#5 Nice F*cking Meme Bro
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#6 Mt. Fuji From The Iss
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#7 Cross Sea Is A Very Beautiful And Rare Phenomenon That Happens When There Are 2 Wave Systems In The Sea Moving At Oblique Angles. It Might Be Beautiful From Above, But If You Get Caught In These Waves, Your Vessel Can Easily Turn Upside Down Or Lose Its Way
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#8 Fun Fact I Found On A Snapple Cap
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#9 [Close-Up View] Of Antarctica From Space
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#10 Topography Of The Indian Subcontinent
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#11 For All Those Namibia-Zimbabwe Border Posts, I Humbly Raise You This Unexpected Afghanistan-China Border Touch
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#12 America By Trump Administration
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#13 I Feel As If Someone Just Got Bored Of Naming Things Here
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#14 Beautiful Aerial View Of Venice, Italy
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#15 Topography Of South America
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#16 You Can Sail In A Straight Line From Chile To Spain Without Ever Crossing Land
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#17 Stanislav Canyon, Kherson, Ukraine
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#18 A Map Of The World Centred Around New Zealand
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#19 Canadian-Us Border In Northern Idaho. They Cut Down All The Trees Along The Border To Mark It
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#20 Flew Over Horseshoe Bend In Arizona A Couple Weeks Ago, Thought Everyone Here Might Appreciate This!
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#21 The Only Geography Lesson You Need
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#22 Pangea With Borders
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#23 Iceland In The Winter
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#24 The Elevation And Depth For Great Lakes
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#25 The Vasyugan Swamp Is The Largest Swamp In The World, Which Is Located In Russia. The Swamp Is The Same Size As Switzerland. There Are Legends That Atlantis Is Located Here
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#26 Chile Is Gigalong!
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#27 Lake Chad In 1967 vs. Lake Chad Now
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#28 Uluru (Ayers Rock) From A Birds-Eye View
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#29 Actually There Are Quite A Few Natural Borders In There
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#30 Each Section Contains 10% Of The World’s Population!
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#31 The Oldest Current National Flag
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#32 Egypt’s Pyramids Of Giza May Be Considered One Of The Wonders Of The World, But Sudan Has Nearly Twice The Number Of Pyramids. Sudan Touts 200-255 Known Pyramids, Built For The Kushite Kingdoms Of Nubia, Compared To Egypt’s Relatively Paltry 138 Pyramids
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#33 How Come We Aren’t Taught About The Mongol Empire That Much In School
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#34 Second Language
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#35 This Is Me At The Lowest Point In Sweden, The Pole Indicates Sea Level
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#36 This Is Isla Incahuasi: A Small Rocky Outcropping In The Middle Of The Largest Salt Flat On Earth
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#37 This Map Shows All Of The Earthquakes With A Magnitude Greater Than 5.0 Over The Last 20 Years
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#38 Since Some People Didn’t Know What Landlocked Countries Were, I Decided To Make A Map
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#39 Did You Know About The French Border With Brazil?
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#40 When, As An American, You Think How Strange It Is For Russia To Have This Little, Unconnected Piece Of Land Surrounded By Another Country… Then Remember Alaska
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