12 Geography Facts No One Told You About
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
- The US enjoys some very impressive statistics. 50 states. 325.7 million people. 14,146 McDonald's restaurants. Oh, yes, and some truly wacky geography facts! Get ready because some of these geographic anomalies can be mind-boggling.
Do you know, for example, which state has the longest coastline? Top contenders could be Texas, Florida, and California. But it’s Alaska! The Alaskan coastline covers 6,640 miles and is actually longer than the coastline for the rest of the states combined! So if you love the cold sea and frozen beaches, Alaska is the place to be! Watch the video to learn which site to visit if you want to be in 4 places at once, how Americans can be trapped in Canada, and how everyone on Earth could fit into the state of Texas.
TIMESTAMPS:
Buildings in New York have their own ZIP codes 1:03
Alaska is everywhere 1:39
You can walk from the US to Russia 2:24
Canada in California 3:22
The longest river in the US 3:55
The shortest river in the world 4:47
The longest coastline 5:23
The tallest mountain in the world 5:56
Point Roberts - America or Canada? 6:49
Four Corners - 4 states 7:41
Border states 8:26
Texas is bigger than you can imagine 9:16
#geographyfacts #factsaboutamerica#usafacts
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SUMMARY:
- Manhattan is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It is so unbelievably crowded that there are over 200 ZIP codes in Manhattan alone! And there are over 40 buildings that are large enough to have their own ZIP codes.
- Alaska is pretty close to Russia. The state stretches so far west that it reaches into the eastern hemisphere. So if you want to experience the northern, western, and eastern hemispheres, simply head to Alaska!
- During the winter, the small area between Alaska and Russia freezes over. In the middle of the Bering Strait are 2 islands: Big Diomede is part of Russian territory, and Little Diomede is part of Alaskan territory.
- The population of Canada is 36.7 million, but California still houses more people than the entire country of Canada.
- The Mississippi River spans 2,348 miles. That’s like the distance from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Boston, Massachusetts.
- The US can boast about housing the fourth largest river in the world, but it also houses the smallest. The Roe River is located in Montana, and it’s just 201 ft long.
- Technically, the tallest mountain is part of the United States. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is an enormous mountain that’s about 33,500 ft tall.
- How can you be in 4 places at once? Just head over to Four Corners, a rare area in America where 4 states meet. Southeast Utah, Northeast Arizona, Southwest Colorado, and Northwest New Mexico intersect in a right angle.
- 2 states in the US don’t share borders with any other US states. Do you know which ones? If you thought of Hawaii and Alaska, you’re right!
- In New York City, the city stretches upward to make room for the 8.6 million inhabitants. If the world’s population lived in such a condensed manner, they would only cover 250,404 square miles.
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That Canada shape looks like me trying to stay inside the drawing line in kindergarden
Are we going to ignore the fact that when he puts the Canada country outline he puts Russia.
Was going to say the same. Well spotted.
That doesn’t look like Russia or Canada at all!
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Everyone would probably guess that Alaska has the longest coastline. However, most would not guess that, Michigan has the second largest in the U.S. and the largest fresh water coastline in the world.
Plot twist: this was just an advertisement for Alaska
Are we ignoring the fact he went to Alaska for point Roberts even though he said it’s in Washington
There’s also the northwest angle, it’s a part of Minnesota that makes way more sense to be in Canada, just like point Roberts.
you forgot to mention that if the entire worlds land and surface water were divided by the population ...each person would own 18 to 20 acres (@ $1,000,000 per acre)
...imagine if everyone were rich
Point Roberts is not alone: Northwest Angle, Minnesota, where a trip to the grocery store requires notifying border officials and then driving sixty miles each way through Canada to get to the nearest American town. Otherwise you need to jump in a boat.
What editing software do you use
The graphic showing the Mississippi River shows the mouth of the river in Florida and it's killing me!
3:26 are we not gonna talk about the fact that he showed Russia and called it Canada or what
6:09 well technically it's actually mount lamlam in guam bc it's base is at the bottom of the marianas trench but it's still the US anyway
I already know that alaska is the western most eastern most and northern most state
Big Diomese and Little Diomede has a time difference of 23 hours... even though they're less than 4 kms apart!
New Hampshire (I wish Canada.)
Bright Side, there's a mistake on the Mississippi R., in that the Missouri R. beats it by about 20 miles. However, where the Mississippi shines is in volume of water, since it's a mile wide, though the Missouri is much narrower.
The coastline of AK, if you count the coastlines of all of the tons of islands, plus all of the coves and inlets, in addition to the actual coastline, it gets to a whopping 33,904 mi (54,563 km).
In addition to Pt. Roberts, there are 2 other disconnected places in the USA. First is the village of Angle Inlet in the finger of land that's called the Northwest Angle of Minnesota, which is north of the normal border that goes from Lake Superior in MN out to Puget (PEW-jet) Sound at Seattle. The other one is Hyder, AK, which is in the Panhandle, or Southeast, the majority of which being served by the State Ferry System. But being east of the Coast Mtns., it’s cut off, making a flight, or a 441mi./710km. drive through Canada on the Cassiar, Alaska and Klondike Hwys. necessary to get to Skagway--the nearest other town in AK by road.
From US to Russia: Diomede islands
From Brazil to France: cross-border bridge
I know alaska has the loongest coastline because of the islands
This is our country to live in the USA I'm proud Of my Arkansas state
Four years later and our country’s population is at 340 million 😮
Are we just going to ignore the fact that he called Iowa, Nebraska and called Illinois, Iowa?
that would be the 13th strange fact on this video
Nick Goar no, the animation was just strange, he was talking faster than the animation so the animators decided to light up Iowa last so it could keep up, I still think it's strange but the voiceover is done before animation
Nick Goar I heard that and immediately checked the comments
They messed up that entire thing, its ok though
Nick Goar all the Midwest states were incorrect. I had to rewatch just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Makes me question everything he said.
You could also fit everyone in Alaska since it is much bigger than Texas.
Yes but people will die from cold
Definintly
@@yourlocaltaxevader4775 not if everyone had really heavy coats
But most of Alaska is not livable! Lol
Is that with or without jackets?
Love how Texas is just a desert when it's really green farm lands and has 3 cities in top 10 biggest cities in America.
@jojofromtx lol ikr, unless you live near or in el Paso then everything else is green lands
The western part of Texas (west of Austin) becomes desert. Houston is on the East side of Texas and borders the Gulf.
i love texas. longhorns
6:20 mount Everest is considered the highest not the tallest.
Highest means sea level to the summit.
Tallest means from the bottom to the top.
Exactly.. Thank you
Thank you for stating that ! ! !
A volcano is not a mountain.
@@ianrazey8412 Tell that to Mt. St. Helens.
@@ianrazey8412 that is true. However there are mountains called volcanic mountains which are formed from eruptions. Mauna kea counts as one of those.
I never said anything about Mauna kea. I just stated the difference between highest and tallest.
I was gonna get on here and clown bright side for apparently having failed 3rd grade geography, but many of you have already beat me to it. Glad there's at least a few people with working brains.
Actually, the worlds smallest river is in my backyard when it rains
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Mine is in the front yard
"Facts" are flimsy & the journey to get to them is painful.
Minnesota also has a spot that is surrounded by Canada. Those residents also have to go through border crossings to go to school or shopping in a major town. It is called the Northwest Angle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle
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@@kasinathshastry4782 And Minnesota's Northwest Angle does not have a ferry. You HAVE to drive through Canada to reach it.
I was going to ask why not just bridge the lake but then I saw the population number of 119 people. A single commuter train has more than that on board so id probably be safe to say there is zero economic angle for a bridge that could resist the ice.
areas of land completely surrounded by another country are called exclaves. india and bangladesh have dozens inside of each other
@@_mon_tego They fixed that a few years ago
Didnt everyone know about the 4 corners😂
This video is the perfect example of the dumbing down of society ✔✔✔
Blake Sanden amen
ex: California
It's for children.
Technically, from source to ocean, the USA's longest river starts with the Red Rock Creek in Montana before flowing into the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
How do you define a river, in distinction from a creek or brook?
No. 13:
You can drive from Detroit to Canada ... by heading South.
Huh? How?
Go onto Google maps for the city of Detroit and zoom in to the Ambassador Bridge; it spans the Detroit River. Going south over the bridge takes you to the University of Windsor in Canada.
You can also drive through the Detroit/Windsor tunnel (also heading South) to Windsor proper, Canada.
Yo can be standing inside the US and look north towards Mexico. By the San Luis, Arizona area...wait, even northeast!!!
I'm from the west side, so I like to point that out. You can get to Canada from the US from any cardinal direction. From Maine, it can be straight west or east.
When talking about Pt. Roberts you need to look into the northwest angle in minnesota.
I feel dumber for watching this.
That's how I felt after visiting California.
There's something wrong with the map of Canada at 3:25. It looks more like an ink blot.
Right? Or Iceland.
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It actually looks somewhat like Russia but it looks absolutely nothing like Canada.
It's the Rorshach Maple Leaf
And when they zoom Into the map at 6:50 they zoom into the wrong place
TIMESTAMPS:
Buildings in New York have their own ZIP codes 1:03
Alaska is everywhere 1:39
You can walk from the US to Russia 2:24
Canada in California 3:22
The longest river in the US 3:55
The shortest river in the world 4:47
The longest coastline 5:23
The tallest mountain in the world 5:56
Point Roberts - America or Canada? 6:49
Four Corners - 4 states 7:41
Border states 8:26
Texas is bigger than you can imagine 9:16
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Be honest, everybody knew about the four corners.
"12 Strange US Geography Facts NO ONE Told You About"
By the way, why is every first letter of a word capitalized in the title?
So true
I learn about the four corners from the simpsons.
I live in NM. The four corners is such a cool spot. You can stand in 4 different states at once. So cool
I knew literally all of thease
I live in New Mexico so I git it
8:55 mixed up Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas
After watching this video I don't know if I'm smarter or dumber now.
l o l
well, they have a LOT of mistakes in the video. here are a few:
3:24 Canda's outline is not an exotic blob.
3:58 The Missouri River is the longest river in the U.S., not the Mississippi River....
4:50 That was a REALLY poor drawing of the Mississippi River. It doesn't start at Florida and it doesn't end in East South Dakota...
6:51 Point Roberts is not located in the borders between Alaska and Canada. Point Roberts is located in Northwest Washington, a territorial peninsula beneath British Columbia.
8:14 Just...why?
FreeRealEstate :D o e
FreeRealEstate :D Rofl
Painguin When listing the states bordering Missouri, the narrator begins with Iowa and proceeds clockwise around Missouri, ending with Nebraska. But the picture highlights the states starting with Illinois and ending with Iowa.
This guy sounds like Casey Kasem. (A DJ from the 80s for those who don't know).
Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, too!
Tiffany B Ahhh that's what it Is. So familiar.
He sounds like Casey because he is using a voice performance trick called "Ron Radio." He is speaking from the diaphragm. We associate that rich vocal tone with professionals in the industry. The fact that you associate this with Casey tells us more about you, than him. A different person might say he sounds like Rush Limbaugh, or Paul Harvey, or even Shadoe Stevens. They all did this because of radio.
I miss listening to Casey kasem. His voice was impressive.
Yeah, but Casey's Countdown was all about the top 40 hits. Today's Top 40 hits sound so much alike, and the titles of these songs are liable to have the F-bomb in them. I think Casey knew it was time to go...
Here’s another fact. By picking your starting spot in the state of Arkansas , you can travel south into any of the 6 states that it borders.
Texas... travel westbound on I-10 from Louisiana into Texas and the first exit you come to is exit 880
880 miles across Texas on I-10
American freedom Logistics The Texas/Louisiana border is closer to Jacksonville, FL than El Paso. And El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to the TX/Louisiana border.
I can't be the only one that noticed that the descriptions of the states bordering Missouri is totally wrong. Please tell that someone else saw it too.
i saw it, nebraska is not iowa
I live in Iowa. He got it right
Yeah
badbiker666 yeah, he just started one state off...
Tell him
@4:54 The Mississippi River does not go through Florida......!
Yes! I noticed that too!
Ha
He never said it did lol
The simple drawing wasn't meant to be an exact location marker, but it was pretty far east.
No it ends in Luisina.
6:53 says its part of Washington but shows Alaska on the map
I read the comments just to see if I was the only one to notice.
1: alaska is 2 1/2 times bigger then texas.
2: were have about 750,000 people here year round. (that's less then most cities)
3: you seem to be behind, last i heard we had over 9 billion humans on this rock.
You seem to be forward, because we haven't even 8 billion people on this rock
@@GamingFastM 8 billion now
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Actually I knew many of these supposedly arcane facts. About Manhattan buildings having their own zip code, the Diomede islands, Point Roberts, Alaska and Hawaii not bordering other states, and a few more. And I also believe that the Missouri River is longer than the Mississippi.
Alaska, which, by the way, can hold 2 of Texas with room left over. Love it here.
Can I please interview you for some anthropology learning questions on Alaska? :)
@@SoLiTaRyBoNe Sure. Alaska is one-fifth the size of the Lower 48 and bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined! You can find out all the anthropological information about Alaska via Google. There is a ton of information available.
Dont make our quote meaningless, shhhhhh please. Everything is bigger in texas
@@fragolegirl2002 so true.
Sue Watkins can I come over and visit?
I live in the largest zip code in the US. Montague, California 96064
wow! that means...exactly nothing lol
Is anyone else confused about the shape of Canada when he compared it to California?
I was
Yes me too!
Yeah me too. What's wrong with these Lower Canadians?
It looks more like Russia than Canada
@@mosquitobight Yep, like a bootleg Russia.
Mistakes In This Video:
1. Mississippi River DOES NOT go through Florida
2. What even is the shape of Canada in this video?
3. 9:07 Ok so apparently Tennessee owns the eastern part of Arkansas now (zoom out Tennessee go back to your original size already)
4. 8:51 You mixed up Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska as you said their names
5. Point Roberts is next to Washington not Alaska (you zoomed in on Alaska -_-)
Bright side doesn't use logic
Ya I noticed that too
And Point Roberts isn't next to the Alaska panhandle either.
@@stevepetttyjohn7900 oh forgot about that
You should see other ones too
These aren't very mindboggling. They're either incorrect or obvious, or maybe I just knew about some.
baseball bat canada they were all just obvious
Awesome video
What the heck happened to Canada's shape? By the way... I love your videos and I hope this can improve little errors like this. P.S. can you edit the mistakes, me and many other viewers are noticing many of them.
There is a little bit of Minnesota that is separated from the rest of the state, and only connected by land to Canada.
Nobody: Misc facts about random things
Bright Side: HEY HERES SOME WACKY GEOGRAPHY
There is also a small region of Minnesota that is only accessible by land through Canada.
That one is also accessible by water, or walk over there when it freezes over in Winter.
0:48 3:27 That’s definitely not Canada. Can you please learn geography yourself first if you want to share “facts”.
Yeah, I’m offended a little
He does the same for Britain
thats the russian border XD not canada
That looks like someone with long arms tried to draw Hong Kong
Bright side looks smart to the people who don't know much about geography but to us they just look like idiots
These are some cool facts
Hey, everyone, in case you're not up on Alaska's geography (since it wasn't explained well), it's the easternmost state because of the Aleutian islands chain. That's what stretches into the Eastern Hemisphere.
Actually the Mississippi River is the 2nd. longest in the USA by about 30 miles--to the Missouri River. It does, however, have a higher volume of water.
Re. Alaska's coastline, if you take in the coastline of the islands, of which there's a ton, it's around 30,000 miles.
Hawaii's mountain is pronounced MAW-nah KAY-uh, not KEY-uh.
Two weird mistakes: 1. In the review of the population of Canada compared to California, the graphic you used for the outline of Canada is completely wrong. 2. In the review of Point Roberts, the graphic zooms in on the border between Alaska and British Columbia, instead of the border between Washington and British Columbia.
It seems the Bright Side is not too bright when it comes to Canada. And we're RIGHT NEXT DOOR!
Another mistake: The video said Alaska was the easternmost state, but it left out the fact that the international date line, even though it doesn't always follow the 180 degree meridian, is what separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere, by international agreement. Accordingly, Alaska isn't the easternmost state--Maine is.
It isn't even like that graphic was showing the wrong country--I can't imagine what it comes from!
Casey Kasem isn't so smart when it comes to Canada
Bad mapping of Canada 🇨🇦 guys! 😒
Celeste D aaaaaah does that offend you...?? Such a racist video right?? Give me a break. It’s a cartoon...
@@premiercconstruction Racist??? Where do you get racist from? Don't be that brainless. She was just pointing out that someone calling themselves "BRIGHT SIDE", isn't really so bright after all. In a video about "geography", why can't BRIGHT SIDE can't get a country right? That shape with the Canadian Flag splattered over it, looks nothing like Canada. Had the UK been misrepresented like that, I'd comment as well. If the USA had been represented by a splotch shaped like Russia with the old 'stars and stripes' smeared across it, you and your fellow Yanks would be squawking up a storm. Come on BRIGHT SIDE, smarten up a little bit.
Had too many #Molson's :P
Their prime minister is about as worthless as Obama was that's why the map looks like that
253 commenters have said this. Guys, why not get together and put them all in one thread?
I moved to Texas a year ago honestly didn’t realize just how big it is. Until after I moved here!
Texas is tiny.
Point Roberts is NOT near Alaska.
whew! there are sooooo many errors in these videos.
BRIGHT SIDE really isn't.
The actual longest river in the US is the Missouri-Mississippi. Making the right fork the MS and the left fork of the river the MO is a matter of naming. The river to the gulf could be called the Missouri and the right branch coming from Minnesota could be called the Minnesota.
This video is the perfect example of the dumbing down of society.
Sad people don't know about 4 corners.
no only the bright side
In what way?
ryanknowstecmobowl why is that?
Agreed
The Missouri is the longest river in the USA, not the Mississippi.
I have my own postal code due to an anomaly with my street, and I just own a house in central Toronto - so the ZIP code thing seems unremarkable to me. Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest mountain in the world (farthest from the centre and closest to space), but always seems to get ignored by these trick methods of measuring mountains.
*"Don't worry, Four Corners doesn't have any anomalies."*
What about the SkinWalkers in Utah, hmm?
Very interesting and entertaining !! And educational
Texas: if all the people in Texas held hands,
The line would go around the world!
12 strange US geography facts that no one taught you about
Me watches video... Are you sure about that?
No one taught you about them because they are either incorrect, explained poorly, or not interesting.
The Missouri river is actually 21 miles longer than the Mississippi. Just fyi
The Merchandise Mart in Chicago was the first building in America to have its own zipcode. It also was the first to have its own post office, too.
During the Vietnam conflict there was one ranch in Australia that was bigger than the entire state of Texas. Place was called "Victoria Downs" It has since been split up. probably by some pesky Texan who did not want anything bigger than the State of Texas.
You mention a lot about Alaska and about Texas. Even make the point of Texas' size, being able to accommodate the entire world's population (at densities comparable to NYC) but don't mention that Alaska is more than twice as large as Texas!
I read somewhere that while debating Alaska's entry to the US, Texas complained, not wanting to become the second largest state. An Alaska representative suggested they could divide Alaska down the middle and Texas could become the third largest!
@@thechefofmarketing yeah but more people live on in texas yee yee
@@_Anthony___ I remember the headline: "Alaska voted in as 49th; it makes Texas a shrimp."
@Destiny tran the cold is an amazing place to live.
That's not impressive. All of the world's population lying down, 6 ft x 1.5 ft, can fit into less space than County Cork in Ireland. They could almost fit in Rhode Island
The world is overpopulated, yet the entire global population can fit in Texas and/or Alaska.....but the world is overpopulated......okay. All that overpopulation fear mongering is the final lie to usher in global control gridlock....
Learned everything I needed to know within the first minute.
great video !!!!!!
0:43 i think the narrator burped
Why does your Canada map look like a tentacle covered Ukraine?
This video was really informative thanks.
Awesome facts and thank you
Fact +1: Texas is NOT the biggest state in the United States. It's Alaska.
All of the worlds population can fit in Texas and Texas can fit in Alaska twice with room for more.
I was a fun watch.
Everyone on Earth could fit in the state of Texas, but they'd have more elbow room in Alaska... 😁
It’s pronounced Mauna kay-ah, not Mauna key-ah 🤙🏼
I was thinking about that too
Then I guess the population of the world could fit in Alaska. Also, Missouri is very cozy. I should know, I've never lived in another state 😀
@ThatJerk that doesn't effect the size of the state though
People don’t know about the 4 corners ??
My geography teacher told me about those already last year XD
I think all the world is strange😐😐
Yup
weird stuff
Is this a race issue for you? Or a America sucks issue? The video is about the United stated for the us citizens... but don’t cry about it. You can make a video your self about other parts of the world if you do choose... snowflake..
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premiercconstruction Triggered much?
Nope. Not one of these facts was "mind boggling" in any way. In fact, some were just trite and/or drivel!
Combat Rock
Just salty
The Missouri River is the longest in the US.
Don Baker no it’s the Mississippi 2,341 mi is Missouri and Mississippi is 2,348 mi
@@rezkid283 The Mississippi is 2,320 miles. The video is wrong.
@@AtarahDerek Actually the Mississippi River is 2,202 miles.
@@SMartinTX Yup. I don't blame the video maker for making this mistake, because I made it too. The Mississippi River has been an important boundary marker in the nation from the moment we won independence. We use it to divide the country into East and West. But that doesn't change the fact that the Missouri River is actually longer.
Google says the Mississippi River is 2350, and the Missouri is 2565. Lol
Move the world's population to Alaska. They'll have more room and Texas won't have to build a wall to keep them all out.
Good idea, people will die as fast as they are born
Those are actually very interesting indeed, and thank you for the clear statements.
I’m from East Missouri, and we have a close relationship with West Illinois. It’s really rare for someone in East Missouri to not have been to West Illinois.
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I kept expecting to hear a "but"when the narrator talked about the Mississippi River being the longest, but when I saw a bunch of statistics, I realized the makers of this video honestly thought the Mississippi really was the longest river in the United States.
It's not. It's only the longest NAVIGABLE river. The Missouri River is actually longer. In case you're wondering the Missouri River is already longer than the Mississippi WITHOUT taking into account the rest of the Mississippi after the Missouri flowed into it. If they did, it would be the fourth longest river in the world.
Exactly so many people get this wrong. Missouri is longer and has a larger water shed. 2 of the deciding factors in determining which river becomes the main and which counted as a tributary. The legend of the Mississippi was too ingrained into America's mind by the time the Missouri was fully explored yrs later. It was legit just too much of a hassle and nobody bothered back then.
Yeap... I waited for the But as well. Hey folks... its not the Mississippi... its the Missouri.