Geography and travel always go hand in hand. Let's learn travel tips on how to explore the geography of the Earth, to know our planet better!
Here we show how major rivers can efficiently connect to the deep-sea, by analysing the longest runout sediment flows (of any type) yet measured in action on Earth. These seafloor turbidity currents originated from the Congo River-mouth, with one flow travelling >1,130 km whilst acceleratin...
Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being. Approaches to make cities more resilient to floods are emerging, notably with the design of flood-resilient structures, but relatively little is kno...
This combination of locations and attributes makes it possible to put lots of information into a very small space. A single map can show you all of the countries on a continent, their borders, their approximate populations and their primary imports and exports. People can also use specialized ...
9. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I? Answer: A map. 10. What can fill a room but takes up no space? Answer: Light. 10 Riddles About Time 1. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years...
Public maps are not only visible to anyone on the web, they will show up in search engine results. Public maps are also incorporated into our ownShared Maps Layer, which lets users explore maps that other people have made. Use this setting to share your maps with the world. Avoid this ...
These maps tend to keep you on the beaten path. If you want to do some real exploring, you’d best equip yourself with a topographical map. According to Natural Resources Canada, topographical maps: “depict in detail ground relief (landforms and terrain), drainage (lakes and rivers), ...
Landscape photography is a mixed bag with many subjects to explore. Nature photography allows you to showcase the beauty of the wilderness, from deserts and mountain ranges to volcanos. In contrast, urban landscapes offer exciting opportunities to captur
Is there some kind of historical memory and folk wisdom that ensures that a community remembers about very extreme phenomena, such as catastrophic floods, and learns to establish new settlements in safer locations? We tested a unique set of empirical data on 1293 settlements founded in the course...
Want to overlay topographic maps onto a 3D Google Earth model so you can explore yourself? And even put your hike route on there? I'll show you how at the end of this article.The closer the contour lines are together, the steeper the slope. The wider they are apart, the more gradual...