I fell like it is such a defining feature of the North American continent but I still haven't come across to any kind of name for this entire region

Is it Palm? Is it Kush? What’s goin on out there in that Marshall Island ring?

Found this photo in the hiking subreddit of a user holding up a bottle on river/lake water

300 years ago. Is this how all water used to be around d the world? Even in the river in London or whatever?

Could I just drink river or lake water anywhere and not get sick?

Edit: sorry I mean before Industrial Revolution. Was water everywheee this clean and clear and suitable for drinking?

They seem like a major mountain range and I just find it odd that they’re so close to Vancouver and Washington State, but I just never hear anything about them.

What are some famous hotspots there?

Edit: I didn’t mean to include Vancouver Island

Edit 2: WOW THIS BLEW UP! 7 million views and counting. THANKS GUYS!!!!

This is a picture of a house in my neighborhood in Illinois that just started the excavation before construction and you can see it is clay all the way down. In Texas, more specifically the Dallas area, all the houses are built on slabs. I was told that in Texas, the clay soil expands and contracts, causing foundation damage if a basement was present. Why wouldn't Illinois have the same problem?

This is probably a stupid question to ask and I'm not even sure if this is the right sub to ask it, but I was wondering if there are any real underwater photos of those huge continental shelf drop offs like the one in grand banks near newfoundland and near Japan.

I find it both eerie and fascinating that the ocean can go from being relatively shallow to suddenly drop off into an abyss and I'd love to see what that transition actually looks like.

In the US the biggest city is NYC one of the most famous cities in the US that has a lot of history. It has the famous landmark the Statue of liberty and is arguably the city with the biggest economy in the world.

Los Angeles while not as big as NYC arguably also had a ton of influence in the world with Hollywood and film as a whole. By a lot of metrics it is the US's "second city" where its influence and recognition are right close to and maybe not far behind NYC.

What are the "second cities" of your countries?

It seems like in general, South America has relatively similar geographical features to South Asia but on a much larger geographical scale; however, while South Asia has a population of approximately 2 billion people, South America alone has approximate 434 million(only a third of India's).

However, both seem to have relatively similar geographical features such as extensive river basins, large amounts of high-quality soil & tropical/subtropical weather that enables year-round crop growing. Why is it that South Asia has always had more people?

Why is India so hot compared to other countries right now? I came across this temperature map and India is showing much higher temperatures (red zone) compared to nearby regions. Even some places at similar latitudes don’t seem as hot. What are the main reasons behind this? Is it due to geography, climate patterns, or something like heatwaves? Would like to understand what’s causing this difference.

I'm curious as someone from Norway, I have blue eyes and used to have blonde hair before. The cold doesn't bother me much but I realized I would die out here without proper clothes.

Why did humans migrate North where there is deadly winters and less food while we have incredible adaptations for hot climates? I can still sweat and run a lot like our ancestors but I don't have any other adaptations for cold like fur, why? Please explain, evolution is weird!

If I were an alien and could on learn geography through in-flight maps, I would think Billings Montana was capital of planet Earth

I'm not American, so apologies if this is common knowledge for Americans. Why was this panhandle given to Michigan instead of Wisconsin, when Wisconsin has land access to it?

Was there some sort of dispute between the two states as to who gets ownership over it? Does it have something to do with the fact that the panhandle borders Canada?

Deffinetly it's Mont-Saint-Michel in France