To fit in a 3D globe onto a flat plane, areas near the poles are stretched out and made bigger. When you take that into consideration, Russia, Canada, and the United States of America are all very big in reality. These three have all held the top three spots, in the order, since ...
Marginal languages are found near the borders, with the majority of speakers living on the other side of the border. They are languages such as Shan and Khmu in the north, Khmer in the northeast, Mon (Burmese Mon) in the northwest, and Malay in the south. These languages are spoken acro...
I tried to cross the border from Indonesia West Timor, I arrived around 4pm only to discover there was no way to get to Dilli that day. What could we do? No bus back to any town on the Indonesia side either. I was stranded at the border post until the next transport sometime tomor...
Somalia has an autonomous region in the north called Somaliland. Although not recognised by many nations, it’s in every way its own country. Passport, government, currency, culture, sports teams. It’s a political reason that it’s not more recognised but it’s as near to a country as ...
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The Tigris then connects with the Euphrates near the town of al-Qurnah to form the Shatt-al-Arab River. Dams and Levees Each river flows from the Taurus Mountains, heading south toward the Persian Gulf. As the rivers descend toward the Syrian-Turkish border, they are controlled by manmade...
In 1980, demographers predicted that Mexico City would contain over 31 million people by the year 2000 [4]. But the actual population of Mexico City in the year 2000 turned out to be only 19 million, a massive number but nowhere near the 1980 projection [1]. Or consider for a moment,...
While Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa are near the top and bottom, respectively, across the pillars, other regions' ranks vary widely. North America is a prime example: it appears at the very bottom on trade depth, but second only to the Middle East & North Africa on trade breadth. By ...
, many of whom live in or near the capital city of kuala lumpur. located on an ocean trade route, malaysia came under the influence of china , india , the middle east and eventually great britain in the late 18th century. the federation of malaysia was formed in 1948 by the unification...
Seven countries have a population of over 100 million, namely China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia and the Philippines. The total population of these seven countries is over two-thirds the total population of the study area. In comparison, the total population of the next 40 ...