Every map makes an argument
A map is a selective model of the world, not a neutral copy of it.
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Daily Geography learning cards
Places, people & planet. Explore a short explanation, an everyday example and a question you can answer from memory.
The Geography collection currently has 8 written cards. The daily app introduces written ideas and revisits earlier cards once the collection is complete. Source previews offer additional reading.
The surface is moving beneath us
Plate tectonics describes motion of Earth's lithospheric plates.
A river connects a whole landscape
A watershed is the area that drains toward a shared outlet.
A city can hold extra heat
Urban heat islands are urban areas warmer than nearby surroundings.
One cold day does not describe a climate
Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions; climate describes long-term patterns.
Scale decides how much fits on a map
A map scale relates distance on the map to distance on the ground.
A mountain can divide wet and dry
A rain shadow can form on the downwind side of a mountain range.
An average can hide where people live
Population density divides population by land area.