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21st April 2010, 10:31
Sonic

Quote:

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

But Uzbekistan is neighbouring the Aral Sea.....

Tis true. But I believe the definition of landlocked still holds true as there is no direct path to an ocean etc.
21st April 2010, 11:14
EuroTroll

Yeah, a mighty lake it once was... Now it's three small lakes and a desert. :eek:

http://unimaps.com/aral-sea/aral-pic.gif
21st April 2010, 12:58
Sonic

Wow! Excuse my ignorance but is this human over use?
21st April 2010, 13:03
Sonic

Woah! Just scanned the internet and answered my own question. :(
21st April 2010, 14:21
Mark in Oshawa

Gadjo got one, Sonic the other...the two of you can fight over who goes here....lol
21st April 2010, 17:05
Caroline

Possibly of little interest to people - and maybe not available to people outside of the UK - but this show looks great.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s2w83

For all us geographers ( and for me, a once upon a time aspiring cartographer :( ) it looks pretty interesting. :)
21st April 2010, 19:23
Mark in Oshawa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caroline

Possibly of little interest to people - and maybe not available to people outside of the UK - but this show looks great.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s2w83

For all us geographers ( and for me, a once upon a time aspiring cartographer :( ) it looks pretty interesting. :)

OH this is COOL....and yes...I like you were an aspiring cartographer until I realized it didn't pay well and computers were replacing the art really.
21st April 2010, 22:32
Sonic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Gadjo got one, Sonic the other...the two of you can fight over who goes here....lol

Its only fair that I be a gentleman and.........steam in and steal the go! ;)

Can you tell me what is Europe's wettest capital city? i.e. the highest annual rain fall?
21st April 2010, 22:49
CarlMetro

Amsterdam?
21st April 2010, 22:55
Lousada

Oslo?
21st April 2010, 23:09
Mark in Oshawa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonic

Its only fair that I be a gentleman and.........steam in and steal the go! ;)

Can you tell me what is Europe's wettest capital city? i.e. the highest annual rain fall?

Reykjavik?
21st April 2010, 23:27
Sonic

Nope. Look further east ;) :p

Edit: according to wiki there are parts of iceland with very high rainfall figures, but not in the capital. :)
21st April 2010, 23:30
CarlMetro

Ljubjana?
22nd April 2010, 01:00
edv

Dublin?
22nd April 2010, 08:14
gadjo_dilo

I thought it's Bruxelles but if you say it's in the East all I can say is that I'm happy it's not Bucharest. :laugh:
I hate humidity.
22nd April 2010, 10:01
Sonic

So far, no.

But Carl Metro is closest geographically (and rainfall) wise.
22nd April 2010, 10:40
gadjo_dilo

No way...It can't be in the ex-Yugoslavian space.....
22nd April 2010, 11:50
Lousada

Skopje?
22nd April 2010, 14:53
Mark in Oshawa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonic

So far, no.

But Carl Metro is closest geographically (and rainfall) wise.

Well since I see the flag of St. Andrew's there....I am going to say Edinburgh?
22nd April 2010, 18:46
Sonic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Well since I see the flag of St. Andrew's there....I am going to say Edinburgh?

Hehehe! We do complain like it rains all the time but according to wiki Scotland lags well behind our winner.

Clue: The wettest capital city in Europe does indeed lie in one of the former Yugoslav republics.
22nd April 2010, 19:33
edv

How about Podgorica (or however you spell that!), although it is inland and over a mountain range, like the rest of those capitals.
22nd April 2010, 20:33
Sonic

Quote:

Originally Posted by edv

How about Podgorica (or however you spell that!), although it is inland and over a mountain range, like the rest of those capitals.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner.

Nearly 1600mm or rain per year.
23rd April 2010, 00:39
edv

I have been called the Father of Geography
I invented latitude and longitude
I calculated Earth's circumference without leaving my country

Who am I?
23rd April 2010, 06:33
Mark in Oshawa

Edv....that would be Aristotle?
23rd April 2010, 08:07
gadjo_dilo

God?

:laugh:
23rd April 2010, 08:43
Sonic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Edv....that would be Aristotle?

I'm not sure it is. Same time period - I think - but someone else. Damn and blast.......I can't remember his name! Grrrrrrr.
23rd April 2010, 10:01
EuroTroll

Euclid?
23rd April 2010, 10:57
Storm

Argh..I can't remember the name but was he not the guy who took readings of shadows at 2 different places and calculated the distances from mathematics?
Could be Euclid..
23rd April 2010, 11:44
Easy Drifter

Archimedes? I know he worked with mathematical calculations and logic.
23rd April 2010, 15:31
Mark in Oshawa

Until Edv comes back..I stand by my answer. I am not 100% sure I am right, but I know it isn't Euclid or Archimedes...
23rd April 2010, 16:38
edv

Storm...you've got the right guy. He took measurements at the solstice at Aswan (Elephantine Island) and Alexandria and figured it out with amazing accuracy. No one has his name yet, though.
It is a tough name to remember...I learned it from Carl Sagan and his 'Cosmos' series...will never forget Carl's voice wrapping his tongue around that name LOL...
23rd April 2010, 16:47
Mark in Oshawa

Quote:

Originally Posted by edv

Storm...you've got the right guy. He took measurements at the solstice at Aswan (Elephantine Island) and Alexandria and figured it out with amazing accuracy. No one has his name yet, though.
It is a tough name to remember...I learned it from Carl Sagan and his 'Cosmos' series...will never forget Carl's voice wrapping his tongue around that name LOL...

Euclid eh? here I was thinking he was purely a mathematician....

Oh well...the man was a genius anyhow....

As was Sagan, who I never got to see enough of with Cosmos. I just remember him with Johnny Carson and his classic "Billions and Billions of years ago" line...
23rd April 2010, 17:08
edv

To clarify, it was not Euclid.
23rd April 2010, 21:48
EuroTroll

A-----machos? :)
23rd April 2010, 23:37
edv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kristjan

A-----machos? :)

?? Nope.
23rd April 2010, 23:45
EuroTroll

Quote:

Originally Posted by edv

??

Just a shot in the dark. Without a gun. :D Seems like a generic ancient Greek name form..
24th April 2010, 04:18
Firstgear

Quote from page #1, post #1 of this thread: :p : :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by edv

The shiny new forum needs a new Geography Thread!

As usual, the rules are simple: Answer the question correctly and then you are rewarded by posing the next question.
'Googling' typically not allowed, unless the poser says so.

OK Let's start.

Who invented Geography? It is the same guy who figured out the circumference of the Earth to within 100 miles by simply comparing the length of shadows in Greece versus Egypt (knowing the distance) at the same time on the same day. In 240AD, I believe.
24th April 2010, 06:04
edv

Holy cow! How old is that?? My alztheimers is kicking in LOL. I had a feeling this may have come up before, but in one of the original threads.

OK Firstgear....you found the answer, eh?

Guess it's your question now.
24th April 2010, 07:01
markabilly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firstgear

Quote from page #1, post #1 of this thread: :p : :D

correct....Eratosthenes did it but not so sure as to how correct he was and did it sometime in bc, not ad....
26th April 2010, 07:58
Storm

Quote:

Originally Posted by edv

Storm...you've got the right guy. It is a tough name to remember...I learned it from Carl Sagan and his 'Cosmos' series...will never forget Carl's voice wrapping his tongue around that name LOL...

Unfortunately I never heard Carl Sagan's show but I have his book and love it too..I have read that name many times, perhaps it would have stuck if I had heard it haha

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