Maps that explain the World
The world wide web has connected people and cultures from almost every part of our planet. It’s provided instant access to any information from every nation and the tools to translate content from one language to another. But while it has introduced novel forms and ideas worldwide, the web has failed to homogenize its international users thoroughly.
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There are more than 180,000 populated places in the United States, and most of them have a unique name. First of all, the names of settlements in the U.S. are very different in length.
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There are almost 65,000 airports in the world. Hamburg Airport, which opened in January 1911, is the oldest commercial international airport worldwide, which is still in operation. Hamburg Airport, which opened in January 1911, is the oldest commercial international airport worldwide, which is still in service.
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There are more than 640 various species of trees in the United States. The West, Douglas-fir is the most common tree by volume, while Red Maple is the most common by number. I wonder how this affected the appearance of toponyms in various regions of the U.S.
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Many of the world’s cities will face sharply different climates by 2050. I tried to visualize how climate change will affect 6,000 world cities. London could feel as hot as Paris by 2050, with Paris’s climate more like San Francisco. San Francisco feels like Melbourne and New York City like Bologna (Italy). The climate of Moscow will be similar to that of Boston.
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The United States is one of the most populated nations in the world, following just behind China and India. A total population count of around 332 million inhabitants and a more-or-less constant population growth over the past decade show that the country has steadily enhanced its living conditions and standards.
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In 2011, for the first time in United States history, non-Hispanic whites accounted for under half of the births in
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The percentage of the male and female population dying before the age of 65 has decreased considerably over the past
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Pikes Peak Cog Railway is the highest railway in the United States. It is a cog railway that mounts one of the most iconic peaks in the U.S., Pikes Peak in Colorado. The base station is in Manitou Springs, located around Colorado Springs.
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