Geography February 2013 Archive

A river delta is low-lying plain or landform that occurs at the mouth of a river near where the river flows into the ocean or other body of water. Deltas ... Read More

Test your geographic skills with my latest twenty-question multiple-choice geography quiz. It's fun for the whole family!

Fifty years ago, the city-state of Singapore was an undeveloped country with a GDP per capita of less than US $320. Today, it is one of the world's fastest growing ... Read More

Hong Kong has one of the world's most impressive public transportation networks. Over 90% of the area's 11 million daily trips are made through the use of rail, buses, ferries, ... Read More

According to most experts, all modern dog breeds are posited to have originated from Southeast Asia. There, thousands of years ago, humans interacted with local grey wolf populations and eventually ... Read More

I wish I'd been a member of Gamma Theta Upsilon when I was an undergraduate or grad student but alas, I was not. Nonetheless, you should consider membership if ... Read More

One husband and one wife, multiple wives and one husband, or multiple husbands and one wife - Claire Weber writes in her fascinating article geography of marriage about the variation ... Read More

National Public Radio's Planet Money team reported yesterday that the United States is considering measuring its Gross National Happiness. Gross National Happiness is a holistic measure of the well-being ... Read More

The World Bank is an international organization with a goal of reducing poverty in middle income nations and supporting the growth of the world's developing nations. In order to ... Read More

In the latter half of the 20th century, geography as an academic discipline suffered greatly, especially in American higher education. The reasons for this are undoubtedly many, but the biggest ... Read More