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

[roboticol]

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

[alanr]

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

[UochintomWash]

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

[xryeau_]

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

[raymondsmith]

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

[gabrielferreira]

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

[Jestervead]

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

[dreamenvoy]

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.

[def_not_ciaran]

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

Also RLL: *marks Chicago*

[rafaelalodio]

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

[melbutterworth]

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

[corvetaumbr]

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.

[forstaken]

Fun fact: South America is in the south

[rodcover]

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

[Pining_for_the_fjords]

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.

[meatrace]

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

[vorjahren]

South America’s new name: east America

[iammrbeat]

South America? More like East America.

[crusherbmx]

Do a video on the weirdness of Canada's geography, it's wacked. For example: St. John's Newfoundland is closer to Ireland than Winnipeg, Winnipeg is only halfway across Canada....Vancouver is on the west coast, but it is pretty far east of the westernmost part of the country...there are a lot more things than that...

[zealandia]

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.