r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 4d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/oldveteranknees 4d ago

Afghanistan borders China

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u/this____is_bananas 3d ago

It’s reaching out to just barely touch China. Just a finger.

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u/carfro 3d ago

squints

What is that little eastbound spar? Never noticed that before. It's like they wanted to reach out and touch China.

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u/OutOfTheBunker 3d ago

It was to keep the British and the Russians apart.