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Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World’s Most Unusual Conurbation?

August 13, 2018 3 Comments

Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World's Most Unusual Conurbation?

Map and graphic created by reddit user bellingo

At 2,824 kilometres, the Amur River (known in China as the Heilong Jiang or “Black Dragon River”) is the 10th longest in the world. For much of its length it forms the border between Russia and China.

At its confluence with the Zeya are two cities of roughly equal size which face each other across the Amur, less than 600 metres apart.

These are the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, administrative capital of the Amur region, and the Chinese city of Heihe in Heilongjiang province.

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Filed Under: Asia, Russia

Kazakhstan Was The Last Soviet Republic To Leave The USSR (4 Days After Russia), Which Means That For 4 Days, This Was The Map Of The Soviet Union

April 9, 2018 5 Comments

Kazakhstan Was The Last Soviet Republic To Leave The USSR (4 Days After Russia), Which Means That For 4 Days, This Was The Map Of The Soviet Union

Map created by Shadowxfox via Wikimedia and fact via reddit user Bram06

The map above is a map of the Kazakh SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic), which existed between December 5, 1936 and December 16, 1991 and by a quirk of history was the last of the Republics to leave the Soviet Union.

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Filed Under: Asia, Europe

Indian Borders According To Google Maps India vs USA

May 8, 2017 1 Comment

Indian Borders According To Google.co.in vs Google.com

Map found via reddit

The map above shows how Google.co.in shows India’s borders compared to how Google.com shows them.

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Filed Under: Asia Tagged With: India


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