Why Most Humans Live Inside This Small Circle

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[KaneSoulbreaker]

4:26 800 billion? Might be a small mistake there.

[seanthe]

The reason is the Himalayan mountain range and the insane amount of snow melt these mountains produce winch creates literally every single major river valley in this area. Also the Himalayas and Tibet are home to 3rd largest store of fresh water on the planet after the artic and antarctic.

[KingOfTheJuice]

4:20 I sure hope he meant 800 million, instead of 800 billion!

[ZipSnipe]

It’s so weird that Mongolia only has two people per square mile, it’s hard to imagine that it’s people were so ferocious back in the days of Ghenis Khan

[udishomer]

For anyone wondering:
A circle of 3, 300 km radius has an area of ~34.2 million square km.
Which is roughly 6.7% of the Earth's total surface area.

[amadexi]

This area is also extremely efficient, so much fertile and green land, and a lot of water to connect many cities through boats.

[Murf_Workshop]

The Yellow River, The Yangtze, The Sarda, and The Ghaghara all flow from the Himalayas and flow through much of the arable land mentioned. Those mountains giving billions of people water for their food and livelihood. Geography is a powerful thing to learn. it shaped our history and our way of life in ways we never could've imagined.

[OffTheGrid]

I didn't realize how much I find geography and facts so interesting. All your videos are great!

[starvindo]

The biggest factor is probably the Himalayas as the range extends through the centre of the circle. The Mountains are water towers and the river, and deltas on either side provide the impetus for growing rice. Monsoon is also a factor tracing back to the mountains. They are truly the third pole

[Mockermay]

This is so true. I live inside that circle.

[lavishlyenigmatic]

As a person who live on the north western edge of the circle I can confirm that it's not that crowded as the rest of the circle

[vkcpopp]

Yet it also includes the most actively populated area of sea life and corals. Indonesia is the best area to see sea creatures, which used to surround other highly populated areas, but has been lost to over-fishing and pollution.
We must protect the sea life in this area while it still survives, to keep it as it currently survives. A miracle to make us all proud. Indonesia, kudos!

[KingOreo]

4:24 "Which, when all combined, add up to 800 billion people" damn, they must have been really busy during covid 😂

[MaxTakeANap]

As a person that live in that circle, I can confidently say that traffic jam kinda sucks

[lifeboy]

One major point you have missed. Even in Indian subcontinent (pre-British colonial period), undivided Bengal has highest and densest population within that circle. The reasons are: 1. Highest yield of rice production (Ganges delta), 2. Highest Jute production, 3. Wealthiest proto-industrial economy- including high end clothes (maslin) and spices. Bengal was epicenter of economy of Mughal Empire so that it could run the entire area. GDP of Bengal was greater than GDP of Europe and North America together. This economic boom between 15th to 17th century resulted a population surge in Bengal. However after British Invasion in 1757, the economy of Bengal was destroyed by rapid de-industrialization. At the peak of the Mughal Empire, it made up about 24% of the entire world's GDP About 40% this wealth came from the Subah (province) Bengal alone.

[rlivjkq]

I watched every split-second of this presentation , my attention was riveted upon it .
Thank you .

[nathsiddhartha]

The weather might also be a factor. No part of South Asia and South-east Asia faces freezing cold like Europe, Russia and parts of central asia. The weather in south and east Asia is more milder, no harsh cold, summers are less scorching and plenty of rainfall that attracted humanity thousands of years ago.

[anturanggatantra]

As a Javanese, I simply forgot that this island could've been a country on it's own. But trust me, having almost 150m human in such a small space is really not a good idea.

[KhazmoJitsu]

Very informative also best advertisement I’ve seen in my 32 years.

[Med-knowledge]

I’m from Burma & I never knew about that. Thank u for ur information.