Why South America's Geography is Way Weirder Than You Think

"which continent do u live in?" "South america" "Cool! Brazil?" "nah, France" "what "

Fun fact: South America is in the south

Rll: South America's geography is weirder than you think Me as a South American: is it?

I feel like a lot was missing in this video, like how Chile exists both along the coast and within the mountains, or how despite the Panama Canal is a popular sea route it's extremely difficult to get from North to South by land for example

South America is so big. You can fit Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina AND Brazil and still have some room left over!

Brazil: I'm so big I'm closer to you than myself

i expected it to be a video about the Amazon and Andes and how they affect the continent and livelyhood, but instead it is a video saying that it's slightly more to the east than some Americans might've thought and for some reason this has to be weird

Living in New York and having a friend in Buenos Aires, I was very surprised to find that his timezone is an hour ahead of mine until I actually looked at a map.

The geography of South America is no stranger than South American politics.

I always bugs my mind when I remember Brazil is only a river away from France.

When he says "canada too" it sounds like canada had a sequel

Here are some other cool facts about Brazil's geography (coming from a Brazilian) - Brazil's easternmost point is actually closer to africa than to Brazil's westernmost point, mindblowing. - We are the 5th largest country in the world and our area is 8.5 million square kilometers, even bigger than Australia. - We are divided between 26 states + a federal district, where our capital, Brasília, (yes, rio de janeiro isn't our capital, stop saying this ffs) is located. - We are also divided between 5 regions, North, Northeast, Southeast, Center-West, and South. - Our biggest city is São Paulo, maybe you've heard of it. With 12.3 million people, it's pretty similar to New York, it has some very important buildings and avenues. - São Paulo, like New York, is both a state and a city also.

RLL: “South America is entirely east from Detroit.” Also RLL: marks Chicago

Fun fact: the most widely spoken language in South America, and in fact the entire Southern Hemisphere, is Portuguese.

Another geographical quirk is that we often think of Australia and New Zealand being rather close, but the closest points between the two countries is longer than between London and Warsaw. And from Aukland to Perth is around the same distance as from London to Afghanistan.

Fun Fact: The Nazca Lines in Peru are on the EXACT opposite side of the globe as Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

South America’s new name: east America

The Brazil's closest point from Africa is the island of Fernando de Noronha, so the distance from Africa and Brazil is even shorter.

Fun fact: The world's 6 largest countries (Russia, Canada, China, the United States, Brazil, and Australia) occupy 40.3% of Earth's total landmass. If we also include Antarctica (9.2%), that's 49.5% of Earth's total landmass, almost half of the world.

One interesting fact is that areas that have an oceanic climate in the northern hemisphere are between about 50° north to 60° north. In the Southern Hemisphere, oceanic climates are found about 40° south. Same thing with Mediterranean climates being closer to the equator in areas such as Southern Australia and Central Chile, rather than further away as in Italy and California.