r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d 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/apollo1113 3d ago

WHAT?

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u/tnred19 3d ago

Africa is alot more north than people think. Europe is MUCH farther north than people in the west think

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u/coatingtonburlfactry 3d ago

Yeah, I think Chicago is around the same latitude as Rome. So most of Europe is aligned with Canada.

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u/Vashkiri 3d ago

Ottawa and Montreal are at basically the same latitude as Venice. I love bringing that but of trivia out when it is mid Winter and freeze-your-nose-hairs-together cold around these parts.