Geography By Geoff

Geography By Geoff

@geographybygeoff · 1.1M subscribers · 539 videos · English

The why behind the where. New videos out every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00pm. Find me: For business inquiries, see email below. For content questions: geog…

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Inside North America's Most Complicated Desert

169K views · 2d ago · 16:35

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Sprawling across northern Mexico and into the southwestern region of the US is a vast desert region of sandy basins, arid shrublands, and two large mountain ranges that literally trap the desert on both sides. And despite being relatively unknown, it’s actually the largest desert in North America.

Topics: Much Larger Than You Think · The Double Rain Shadow Desert · It’s More of a Shrub Desert · Its Biology is Very Diverse · Sand as White as Snow · Dry Today, Wet Yesterday

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19:45

Why The World's Second Largest Country is Out of Room

547K views · 4d ago · 19:45

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Canada is the second largest country in the world by area, technically. But look at it closely and something strange starts to reveal itself. Canada is much smaller than you might think. In fact, Canada’s usable land is probably closer to Spain or France. Which means, mathematically, Canada is running out of room. So why is Canada actually much smaller than it first appears?

Topics: Solid As A Rock · Canada’s Human Blueprint · The Math Isn’t Mathing Anymore

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15:58

Why Siberia Is Earth's Strangest Place

704K views · 1w ago · 15:58

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Siberia is one of the largest regions on Earth, taking up a whole 9% of the planet’s entire landmass. But while this vast territory is often thought of as a frigid, barely-habitable wasteland - there’s a lot more to Siberia than most people think. After all, we’re talking about a region larger than the entire United States, a place where people have lived for tens of thousands of years.

Topics: Plains and Plateaus · The Siberian Taiga · The Frigid East · The Siberian Traps · Lake Baikal · Indigenous Siberians

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18:42

Why 3.5 Million People Are Trapped in Utah

303K views · 1w ago · 18:42

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Utah is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, but it has a weird geographic problem: it’s actually running out of room. This isn’t for lack of land - on the contrary, Utah is the 13th-largest state in the US. But most of that land, nearly 70%, is owned by the federal government, leaving it unavailable for development.

Topics: The Great Basin and The Rocky Mountains · The Mormons Cometh · They Want Their Land Back

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13:37

Inside The Bizarre Sea With No Land

751K views · 2w ago · 13:37

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free PRE-ORDER "BAD LANDS" NOW Hidden within the North Atlantic Ocean is one of the most bizarre bodies of water in the world. And while it is a named sea, it doesn’t actually connect with any coastline or land. Instead, it’s filled with layer after layer of brown slime and literally millions of eels. And, in fact, it doesn’t even stay in one place, instead it shifts around depending on the currents.

Topics: The Only Sea With No Coastline · The Seaweed Sea · An Eely Good Time · It’s Technically a Desert · The Sea That Moves Around · The Columbus Trick

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18:08

Why Europe Has a "Fake" Country That's Secretly Rich

915K views · 2w ago · 18:08

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free PRE-ORDER "BAD LANDS" NOW There’s a country in Europe that’s so small that it doesn’t have its own military, its own bureaucratic institutions, or even its own border laws and currency. Yet, despite lacking all of these seemingly fundamental requirements for being a real country, this microstate is, in fact, independent. And even more shocking is that, by some measures, this is the wealthiest country in the world.

Topics: The Perfect Alpine Haven · The Tiny Germanic Principality · But Are They Really Independent?

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13:21

Why Everyone Misunderstands Panama

505K views · 3w ago · 13:21

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free The most important country in the world is not where you think it is. Because this country’s very existence is what led to Europe existing in the way it does today. It’s also the country that completely demolished any semblance of independence for Scotland. And while everyone knows of it for its canal, this country is also home to the very first transcontinental railroad in the world.

Topics: The Only Isthmic Country · The World's Best View? · Panama Created Europe · Absolutely No Roads · A Surprising Number Of Islands · Technically The First Transcontinental Railway

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17:48

The Real Reason Mississippi Is America's Cursed State

487K views · 3w ago · 17:48

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Mississippi is the poorest state in the country. And list after list consistently ranks it as the worst in education, economy, health, quality of life and more. But here’s the weird thing: Mississippi has a super power. A super power that could and should have made it an economic titan. In fact, Mississippi should be a utopia. But it’s not. So what went wrong?

Topics: Making The Perfect Dirt · Exploiting The Perfect Dirt · The Curse Of The Perfect Dirt

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17:15

Inside Earth's Most Important (And Isolated) Archipelago

361K views · 1mo ago · 17:15

Increase muscle mass and decrease fat with David. Head to to get a free carton with an order of four or more. Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Far north of Europe, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Arctic Ocean, is one of the most fascinating places on Earth - the dreary, icy archipelago.

Topics: Islands of the North · Carved by Ice · Gulf Stream Terminus · Polar Night and Midnight Sun · Arctic Ecology · Terra Nullius

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15:23

Why Almost NOBODY Lives On Australia's West Coast

10M views · 1mo ago · 15:23

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Western Australia is the second-largest administrative division on Earth, roughly the size of western Europe, and it covers an enormous chunk of the Australian continent. But despite taking up roughly a third of Australia, and having a huge coastline, it’s exceptionally empty.

Topics: Oops, All Outback · Shaping the Land · Growth and Sustainability

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13:55

Why Almost Nobody Lives in Idaho

394K views · 1mo ago · 13:55

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free When the average person thinks of Idaho, the first thing they think about is probably potatoes, and between Idaho’s small population and low cultural profile, you might make the mistake of thinking that’s all the state has going for it. But there’s a lot more to this little-visited corner of the US than that - because Idaho’s also home to some of the most dramatic and diverse geography in North America.

Topics: High-Elevation Haven · Volcanic Rifts · Canyons and Waterfalls · Floodwater Scars · The Gem State · The Coming of Horses

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17:44

Why Ethiopia Is Buying A Country That Doesn't Exist

488K views · 1mo ago · 17:44

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Sitting on the far eastern edge of Africa lies one of the most volatile regions on the entire planet. This is the Horn of Africa and it’s home to three nations that all have competing needs, desires and even realities. This is the home of Ethiopia, Somalia and the not-quite-official country of Somaliland. But while Ethiopia doesn’t officially recognize Somaliland, they are desperately trying to buy its coastline.

Topics: The Great Horn of Africa · They Weren’t Always Landlocked · Recognition Is The Ultimate Power

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16:38

Inside Earth’s Most Complicated Ocean Crossing

1.5M views · 1mo ago · 16:38

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free There’s a place in the world that’s so dangerous, that it has taken the lives of over 20,000 people, yet is now crossed by thousands of tourists every single year. It’s a place where waves the size of buildings can easily capsize a ship under the right conditions and a region with water so cold that it impacts weather all around the world.

Topics: The Ultimate Ocean Bottleneck · The Weirdest Ocean Current In The World · No Land To Stop The Wind · The Antarctic Convergence · Waves The Size Of Buildings · The Shetland Dispute

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15:40

Why Mexico's $22 Billion Island Just Vanished

299K views · 1mo ago · 15:40

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free Mexico has found itself in a bizarre conundrum. They currently sit along the lucrative Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of billions of barrels of oil just waiting to be extracted. And they thought they had the exclusive rights to this oil because they owned a small island about about 125 miles northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. But here’s the problem: Mexico can’t find it.

Topics: The Scattered Islands of the Gulf · Colonial Records Are Fickle · The Island That Was Until It Wasn’t

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14:47

Inside Europe’s Most Complicated Island

326K views · 1mo ago · 14:47

Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free There's an island where the coastline is said to have been built by a giant, has tombs older than the pyramids, and where the land itself is divided by an invisible border. Known as the Emerald Isle for its lush green landscape, this small island on the edge of Europe has long captured the imagination of travelers from across the globe.

Topics: Built By A Giant · Surrounded By Three Seas · More Than Just Mud · Europe's Windiest Corner · Underwater Empire · One Island, Two Countries

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