Broughton Geography

Mr Welch - Geography department at Broughton High School, Edinburgh

[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

Africa is bigger than all of Europe, China and the USA together.

Africa is truly like another planet ~ A Thread 🧵

1. Magnificent visual of the River basins of Africa

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S4 Urban fieldtrip 2024

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Have you ever wished to view the world from a completely new perspective? This thread on cool maps is here to blow your mind

1. Population Density in China

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Brilliant day 2 studying river and beach profiles with @FSC_Millport

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A great first day studying soil variations downslope at @FSC_Millport

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😍😍

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of the most surreal villages on Earth 🧵

1. Marpissa in Paros, Greece

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Interesting that less than 9° latitude difference means 2 hours more sunlight today!

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https://t.co/W61rSSsSjb

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Lovely send off with last year's Higher class (minus a couple) at the S6 Prom 💃🕺

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This year I'm running the 5K per day in June DARED challenge for @CircleScot and would really appreciate any donations!
https://t.co/OSImFuwC4J

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵

1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

[Met Office @metoffice]

In exactly 12 hours time, this year's Vernal Equinox takes place. This is when the sun is positioned exactly above the Equator, before moving into the Northern Hemisphere

This also means the start of astronomical Spring 🌷

Are you enjoying the lighter mornings/evenings? 🕒

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👀 Higher class

[Ross Greer @Ross_Greer]

Tomorrow is the deadline for applications for Scotland's next National Park 🌲

Here's a quick explanation of what National Parks actually are and the benefits they bring 👇

https://t.co/TP1OUSJmGY

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Here are the five largest river basins in the world. Phrasing this as a geography trivia question: which three river basins are larger than the Mississippi River Basin?

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Interesting data, is what we'd expect to see when categorising into different industries?

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇺🇸 American workforce as 100 people:

🗄️ Office & Admin: 13
👨‍⚕️ Health: 11
🚎 Transport: 9
🛍️ Sales: 9
👨🏼‍🍳 Food: 8
👨🏽‍💼 Managemet: 6
🏦 Business & Finance: 6
👨🏼‍🏭 Manufacturing: 6
👩‍🏫 Education: 6
👷🏽‍♂️ Construction & Extraction: 4
🧰 Mechanics & Installation: 4
🖥️ Data & Tech: 3
🧹 Custodial: 3
👮 Protection: 2
🏨 Hospitality: 2
👨🏼‍💻 Architecture & Engineering: 2
⛪️ Community & Social Service: 2
🖼️ Arts, Media, & Sport: 1
🧬 Science: 1
👩‍⚖️ Legal: 1
👨🏼‍🌾 Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: 1

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@EmmaWat11883951 looking forward to seeing you back Emma 💪

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Have been following the guy's incredible journey on here and strava. Amazing stuff and some inspiration we can all take something from in terms of target setting and resilience.

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

Day 220 of running the entire length of Africa. 8 countries down, 8 more to go🫡

South Africa 🇿🇦✅
Namibia 🇳🇦✅
Angola 🇦🇴✅
DRC🇨🇩✅
Republic of Congo🇨🇬✅
Cameroon🇨🇲✅
Nigeria🇳🇬✅
Benin 🇧🇯✅

Pending…
Togo 🇹🇬
Ghana 🇬🇭
Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
Guinea 🇬🇳
Senegal 🇸🇳
Mauritania 🇲🇷
Algeria 🇩🇿
Tunisia 🇹��

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here it is

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When we link this to population... what do you notice?