Examining Interesting Maps Part 3

Part 3 in a series discussing a handful of maps of the U.S. and the world that depict really interesting aspects of human and physical geography. Check out parts 1 and 2 for even more map goodness.
Album displayed: Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia "Friday Night in San Francisco: (1981)

[@maxwellvigil6084]

Nothing makes my day like “howdy, it’s Kyle”

[@tankpiggy]

True lol

[@nunyabusiness8538]

nothing makes my day like the way he says Kuntry

[@rickyfever]

Same

[@kylemalachowski]

Coming from a Kyle, thank you

[@Ethan-uf4wq]

its so heartwarming :)

[@jacobhalladay-glynn4070]

I watched this whole series with my girlfriend who STRONGLY thought it wouldn't be any fun but she gave me a chance and she ended up pausing again and again to read more and look up extra facts! Excellent job!

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you! I'm glad she ended up liking the video!

[@stev6963]

That’s cute lol I love sharing things like that with someone special to me. Like when they’re hesitant about it but then end up getting totally into it! It’s one of life’s best feelings. 😊

[@noneofyourdamnbusiness3706]

Wait, you have a girlfriend that wanted to do something you wanted to do. You better snatch her up, because that is rare.

[@scamlikely1442]

KEEPER

[@ruthlessgoat3702]

Keeper. I need to say no more.

[@ferda9476]

4:10 Friendship ended with Canada. Now South Korea is my best friend.

[@ReverendMeat51]

it should be. Koreans are great

[@JaneDoe-mh6zn]

@@RouteNRide that is the most well thought out comment I have seen in several years. For that you get a like!

[@jameskilgour387]

@@RouteNRide there are plenty of Canadians who like the us, but I'm pretty sure the UK is more popular - there is quite a long history of Canadian conservatives appealing to a royalist/British loving voter base especially in opposition to Quebecois

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

As a Canadian, I am OK with that.

[@ferda9476]

@@RouteNRide I was just referencing a meme...in real life I love Canada haha

[@themedianman9712]

I like how the mapmaker at 5:30 decided that addressing Northern Ireland would just be a can of worms.

[@theredcorn8656]

The little cluster of mountains in the black hills of South Dakota has always interested me it’s like a small island of mountains

[@rachel_sj]

I visited the Black Hills as a teen while on a family reunion vacation and I’ll always remember how drastically the hills stuck out from the flat landscape of South Dakota. Likewise, when we were looking out while staying on the Hills, you could see for miles in all directions. Definitely have to visit there again soon!

[@jackmessick2869]

Yes, the Black Hills area is beautiful, while the rest of the state looks as though it was used for all those Road Runner- Wile E Coyote cartoons

[@AJFar-tm7dn]

Cartography fan here. I'd like to see more maps that focus on the physical geographic featues. This is a very informative KZbin site. Thanks for all your research, Kyle.

[@loganbagley7822]

Many early Latter-Day Saint(Mormon) immigrants came from Scandinavia in addition to England during the mid-19th century, so seeing Utah having the highest percentage of people of Danish descent makes sense.

[@kartchner7]

Yes, both my wife and I have danish ancestry. It’s very common in multi generational LDS families. As is English, so that map makes sense

[@gutollewelyn7562]

Small correction on the UK Monarchy map, even though most areas of Wales view the Royal Family negatively according to that map, Wales narrowly voted in favour of Brexit, unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@tipi5586]

Well noted. And it's important to note that almost half of Scotland voted to leave. So it's not as if we're being entirely manhandled.

[@gutollewelyn7562]

@@tipi5586 Two thirds of Scots voted to remain in the EU, that's very different. Every single part of Scotland voted to remain. It was an emphatic rejection of Brexit.

[@ItsEverythingElse]

That relief map is stunning. I would pay quite a bit to have that on my wall.

[@jaxonlarson2961]

I bought one like it at Muir way

[@295g295]

> 11:24 < These colors are elevations?

[@--_--IMP--_--]

@@295g295 Indeed. The amount of information in that one image is staggering. I'd love to see that map with the various legends included. Kudos to that mapmaker for one of the more spectacular maps out there.

[@295g295]

12:06 Will California Central Valley be flooded by rising sea level?

[@GopinathRavichandran]

Struggling to find the one from the video.

[@lauriekeats8538]

Mate, I love the United States and if I couldn't live here in Australia, I would be in the U.S. Your maps and knowledge are fascinating, and I can't wait until the pandemic is over so I can visit the U.S. another 20 times!

[@someinteresting]

Here in Bulgaria we have an author who wrote To Chicago and back again, about his trip there for the 1893 exposition. It seems Illinois is still attractive for Bulgarians.

[@lakaboMNR]

Kyle, I have been addicted to your channel ever since I found it a month ago. I really enjoy your interesting facts and first hand experience. I always learn something new. I'd love to see some more Geographic Profiles as well because I've really enjoyed those too. Thanks!

[@GeographyKing]

I'm glad you found the channel and like the videos! I've got a state profile video coming up really soon. I try to do one per month and on states that I don't discuss much in other videos.

[@paland99]

I travel all over the west. Northern Nevada is my playground. And I drive to Phoenix every year trying to take a different route each time. Until C0vid, my friend and I used to drive 150 or so miles to each lunch twice a month. We have been to Shasta Lake, Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Yosemite, Bodega Bay, as well as others. We are getting old now and want to see as much as we can. I am 66 and he is 75. And I love New Mexico as well (I like buying green chili's in Hatch). Your channel helps me visit those places that I cant make it to and I like that. Keep up the great work.

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you very much. Sounds like a really cool way to hang out with friends! I hope you're able to travel as much as you can

[@mitchellhawkes22]

As a Northern Californian, who visits Redding regularly, we have one name for it, and it's not "Shasta Lake." It's "Lake Shasta." Somehow, it just sounds better.

[@tech8222]

Not the threequel we deserved, but the threequel we needed.

[@maargenbx1454]

Wow - so I’m watching this on June 7, I never use my vacation days and they expire every year on June 30 (they don’t roll over), and here’s this guy giving me exactly the advice I need right now. Thanks!

[@nashvillain171]

You chose your job and you choose not to use your vacation days. That's better than the federal government legislating vacation days.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

That last map. I would also like a blown up version of that map. Absolutely gorgeous.

[@donblunkall5607]

That's what I was thinking

[@ninja_tony]

This is the BEST channel I've discovered in the past year or so. I get so excited every time I see you've uploaded a new video. Can't wait to see you hit 100k subs soon!

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@user-ci8wx8zw2z]

You pronounced Tagalog correctly!

[@GeographyKing]

I grew up in a town with a fairly large Filipino population and had many friends who spoke Tagalog. When I was working in Monterey, CA we'd print off earthquake and flooding information in Tagalog as well.

[@rosaamarillo2110]

I never knew that...

[@LoLo1k2k3k]

i was waiting for him to mispronounce it like so many people do... it was a happy surprise😂😂

[@dylancarter2673]

Kamusta po

[@johnjames1374]

I didn't know, now I do. Yay

[@koreymccants6940]

I could watch these videos literally all day long! You're the best!

[@rexmyers991]

Your maps are absolutely FASCINATING! Please consider re-doing this video to update to 2024 numbers.

[@Bacopa68]

The reason that South Texas has such a long life expectancy is that there are lots of retirement communities there. You can't have died young if you are already old.

[@DanM-pw9nl]

I don't understand this comment

[@janimated8164]

Kyle I plan to travel the US when I retire. Your videos are helping me plan trips.

[@user-in4iz9yo9e]

Where u from ?

[@arey721]

That relief map was awesome, as a Wisconsinite, it was really neat to see the “Driftless Area” along the Mississippi, a region where glacial drift did not occur. Really cool area to explore given how flat or rolling hilly the rest of the state is.

[@TheAjTman96]

Love the driftless area, just went to Blue Mound State Park a few weekends ago!

[@dvferyance]

@@TheAjTman96 I have been there that place is ok. I love Wyalusing State Park.

[@295g295]

> 11:58 < I had thought Mississippi Delta means the land of the river that extends into the Gulf of Mexico. This shows the flat-lands of western TN, and MS, etc known as 'Delta'.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

​@@295g295 Your gut is correct, but there are two very different regions (Mississippi River Delta and Mississippi Delta) with very similar names, so any confusion is totally understandable. What you initially refer to is the correctly named Mississippi River Delta; not to be confused with the very much misnamed Mississippi Delta you also referenced, which is not actually part of the delta of the Mississippi River, but an alluvial floodplain located in NW Mississippi, roughly 300 miles north of the actual Delta. Specifically, the Mississippi River Delta is where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico, and refers to a roughly three million acre area of mostly coastal wetlands at the mouth of the river. Apparently, this confusion is quite common. Wikipedia has put multiple annotations on every relevant page that make it very clear that they are not the same thing, and not to be confused with one another.

[@ryanfrogz]

Absolutely love the Driftless Area, visit La Crosse each summer and the beauty still blows me away

[@beerad5205]

Part III The Return of the King: The King has Returned

[@ollylevesque3404]

Fun fact: all voter registrations, information and signage in Houston by law MUST be printed in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and mandarin. Our 4 most spoken languages.

[@BryceRogers_]

That’s rad. Here in Nevada, it’s Spanish, English and Tagalog.

[@nobody48803]

I bet they use a lot of symbols and stuff which is the same for all languages to cut down on signs

[@JLKB-1947]

ToiShanese , Cantonese and Italian . German too .

[@Beofware]

Good to see you, GK!! Greetings from Dayton, just down the road!

[@shredtildeath777]

As a native of Idaho in of the capital Boise, I absolutely love to see your observation that Spain has a big prevalence in our state, however if you would like to be more specific it’s actually Basque people. The city of Boise has a very rich and storied influence of Basque culture that many people are not aware of and even has its own special street in our city. It is widely embraced among people of Idaho for its delicious food, vibrant and welcoming people, and rich history. I just thought I would mention this because as a minority group of Europe they don’t get the recognition they deserve sometimes and in Idaho yes it is Spanish people but more specifically Basque who come from Spain that influence so heavily. Impressive how well many of them speak three languages.

[@troyseffrood2972]

That is interesting! I expect most of the states with a plurality of Spanish Hispanics are from the southwest, where Spain actually had settlers and colonies. Kyle didn't take the time to mention, but, yeah, Spain held the southwest and had colonizers.

[@MrMarkovka11]

Didn't expect this to drop but had to watch it immediately.

[@michaelmiddleton3311]

That geologic relief map is mind blowing! Please leave in the comments if that can be purchased somewhere. Thanks Kyle!! Great stuff!

[@SurvivinginCreative]

I'm glad other people enjoy geography as much as I do.

[@GrandpaSon]

As far as the US state/European heritage map goes, there's an explanation for Denmark and Utah. Mormon missionaries were particularly successful in Denmark (as opposed to other Scandinavian countries), resulting in a high percentage of converts and pioneer immigrants to Utah. And I'm descended from some of them!

[@gusloader123]

True that. Loootttts of people in Utah with the surname ending in "sen". There are some Swiss folks also that made it to Utah.

[@stuartwilsdon9683]

Wow, love your channel, so full of information and interesting visuals and you manage to put it all across concisely and with great aplomb!

[@lbisurfreak]

love the monopoly color code

[@butler-macdonald8351]

Ya that one was my favourite as well

[@295g295]

> 11:53

[@christopherhasenberg1113]

Thanks, Kyle! Happy Easter, everyone!

[@HoopTY303]

Wow that awesome topographic map at the end really shows the trail of past eruptions leading to Yellowstone!

[@kllrbee69]

I paused and looked at the last map for about 10 minutes...Great vid Kyle! Keep em comin...

[@paland99]

From Sacramento here, I love that relief map. I have a huge one rolled up that I should put on my wall. You have a great channel.

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you! You can also easily see the Sutter Buttes on that map. Looks almost like a mistake/ink drop/burnt pixel on the map.

[@toolhog10]

@@GeographyKing I didn't know that the Sutter Buttes existed until I saw a video on the blancolirio channel a couple weeks ago where he circled around it in a small plane at low altitude. Gorgeous place.

[@simonsouth6184]

Love these videos.. very interesting... Greetings from the u.k 🇬🇧

[@peterkesseler9898]

Always a pleasure to look at these maps! I like it too. Greetings from Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate. Frohe Ostern...happy easter :-))

[@danielrosales5968]

Your mapa sir are so interesting. As a positive note I on Y wish your letters could be a little bigger as they are hard to read , but I thank you for your thorough explanation this channel is addictive. You are doing a fine job. Thanks

[@wolz71]

I‘m from Luxembourg, so I‘m very glad you mentionned our country haha. Indeed, the majority of Luxembourgish migrants settled down in Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin. The reason for that are the German an Belgium communities that were already there a bit earlier. Not only did the Luxembourger speak the same language (German and French), but they had also the same religion (catholic). All these elements made integration much more easier.

[@goldenarc3484]

Smol

[@meganl9573]

i live in iowa and my ancestors are from luxembourg! my family is also catholic. very interesting

[@Joefaf104]

Thank you Kyle, another awesome job!

[@timothymoorman7437]

I really enjoyed several of your map series. Very informative and without an agenda of your own to keep the info unbiased. I just wanted to mention that the US government along with various charitable organizations settled refugees here in Fort Wayne, IN some years ago from what was formerly Burma, now Myanmar. We have around 10,000 here dating back to their civil war in the 90's, I believe, as well as more Burmese in Indy and other cities in Indiana. California also has a relatively large group. I thought I might get a small adjustment on your language/nationality data maps, and a pin for Fort Wayne.

[@freeshrugs63]

I would love this even more if I had a TV to watch KZbin on. But even with just my phone it's very interesting.

[@yetinother]

Now for part 4!

[@Noel_13]

This is the kind of content I like from you!! I've been following your channel since you had 5K! Thank you for your quality videos. Greetings from Argentina.

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@Dalton906J]

Oh my goodness this was posted on my birthday! Liked and subscribed

[@RYANTHEGREAT2000]

At 4:51, I have a pretty hard time believing that the Republic of Ireland views the UK most favorably out of all other countries, unless of course their answer was a joke...

[@GeographyWorld]

Great maps and Happy Easter!

[@Liggliluff]

(11:00) However, Monopoly has been localised, so for example the British version has London streets, and that version is also popular in Australia. The French version has streets from Paris, and so on.

[@hesh8367]

Oh, it’s localized everywhere. Even in the US, it seems like every town and university has its own version. Wouldn’t be surprised if there weren’t 500+ versions in the States alone. Yet just about everyone sticks with the classic.

[@shrimpflea]

Yeah , there are so many version now it's ridiculous.

[@donblunkall5607]

That last map was awesome, the map of all maps.

[@shellyharry8189]

I absolutely love your videos! Thank you!

[@VidClips858]

In practice, 1st offense simple possession in SC is a $24 ticket. Officer discretion though, so own up to it when you get stopped to avoid the handcuffs.

[@pauljackson3491]

A relief map like that but made of minerals found in those areas would be cool.

[@295g295]

> geology 11:36

[@maybach5787]

@@295g295 i think what kind of mining is done where, like "this area more coal is mine, this area is iron, or nickel, or uranium, or oil", or do it by state, of what do they get out of the ground so maybe stones like granite and marble are thrown in too

[@robs5688]

Oh yeah, that last map is stunning.

[@matteli539]

Absolutely love this series. Thanks for sharing

[@winkieblink7625]

Thank you....and, Happy Easter! 🐥🐰🐣

[@M3rover]

You are a very special kind of nerd... and I love you for it! Thank you so much for bringing the joy of geography to the world!

[@gingerninga3004]

Another really cool episode, I love this series!

[@alex-279]

I love these. Thank you

[@EnjoyerofYoutube]

More maps!! This is my favorite type of video that you do.

[@GeographyKing]

I'll do one of these every so often. I enjoy them a lot myself

[@Jesse__H]

Love this series. Always interesting.

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@luvinthejazz]

Love your videos and I learn so much. Thanks for doing these.

[@JCDofNYC]

DiMeola and McLaughlin....Kyle, you never cease to amaze.

[@lilsuzq32]

Proud to be of Polish heritage, and living in Illinois!! The *only* state where Polish is the second-most spoken language! There are some pockets in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee, but even in my town of Buffalo Grove (NW suburbs of Chicago) just going to the local grocery store is a polyglot! Polish, some Russian, a bit of Spanish, some Indian (Asian), Mandarin...it's guaranteed that I will never hear *just* English in any store.

[@margaretbedwell58]

That is similar to the way I grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, Can. In the older parts of town, particularly central and east end, you could hear almost every language spoken in the world.

[@allnewluke1]

love this series and your videos

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@misterb1080]

Keep them coming! Love them

[@robertsykes3242]

Once again great presentation. Thanks

[@purpl3spri7e]

I love this series. 🤠

[@peterkoster9390]

You know it’s a good day when geography king uploads

[@ulfthegoon]

Thanks! I really enjoy these videos.

[@GymLone]

i did enjoy looking at these maps. Thank you

[@millypuppydog]

This is by far my favourite new channel. I have learned so much. Hell I have just spent an hour researching all about the Cicada which be fore now I had never even heard of. Thank you so much

[@GeographyKing]

Welcome to the channel!

[@CrysisOwnsHalo]

Where are you from? It's part of everyday, normal life here in the Southeast.

[@stevedietrich8936]

Kyle, hot off your recent State tournament, perhaps it would be more fitting to adopt "This is Geography King . . . you out." as your closing comment. Go Gophers!

[@erinmcquade4715]

Hello from Canada! Love your videos. These map videos are a great starter for those of us that want to understand our world more intimately. I have a Indigenous people’s of North American land claims and spoken language map as my desktop. I am proudly from the Mexico of the North and I love you right back. People in my region are intimidated by migrant workers, but I have laboured wither literally. Mexican men and women are dedicated to family and suffer enormous distances and our horrible winters to keep there elders and loved ones healthy and educated!

[@xBlueWolf]

Nice, I love these ones.

[@MountainDewComacho494]

One thing I derive from these maps is that the more vacation you take, the longer you live.

[@anitaseabolt9445]

Love watching all your videos. Reminds me of my undergrad years as a geography major (now science teacher).

[@BeardedRaven]

great content, wonderful comparisons and personal insight.

[@markproulx1472]

These videos are just superb.

[@sapere_aude]

6:34 Germany is colored wrong. We have a minimum of 24 paid vacation days over here so we should be the darkest shade of blue. But still great video as always!

[@ollylevesque3404]

Vietnamese doesn’t surprise me for Texas. Growing up I went to a Catholic Church that was English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Huge culture here. We’d walk out of English service and they had Vietnamese food for sell before the Vietnamese language service. It was always so normal to me lol

[@duard1220]

Very good stuff! Thanks!

[@stitchergary]

I've enjoyed these map videos way more than I thought I would....thanks

[@yungthunder2681]

Anyone know where I can find the last map? I would like to look at that more

[@castlelord8995]

I have been a Geography nerd my whole life and I really enjoy this channel. Thanks for the great videos. I am always looking for new things to learn about this great subject

[@TheLakemead1]

some of the most interesting stuff on you tube thanx

[@Djnf-gi4mc]

Love your show!!!!!

[@josephmenna3985]

Happy Easter, Kyle🐰

[@zackhartmann]

nice DiMeola/McLaughlin/De Lucia record

[@patrickgallagher1161]

I love DiMeola with Chick.

[@rosaamarillo2110]

‘Kiss my Axe’

[@wirecutter59]

You're from the Central Valley and live in Chattanooga, I'm from Modesto and live in Macon County, TN. Love these videos, by the way. I found your channel a few days ago and have watched quite a few of your videos. I'm especially enjoying this map series.

[@kingsalmonboy4148]

This was amazing, so many dope maps

[@christinafidance340]

On the Marijuana map, I was literally LOSING MY MIND cuz I couldn’t figure out why Delaware was grey!!! Being from Delaware, it’s always the first place I look on the map like this, but it’s understandable how someone would just forget to color it! So that makes sense!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Steve-zc9ht]

Lol me being from Illinois the first 2 states I look at is illinois and Florida lol

[@moisesm9602]

I forgot Delaware existed until he mentioned it lmao 😂

[@rosaamarillo2110]

Texas is easy to find....’do as I say, and not as I do’

[@joelcrow]

Another great video Kyle! So educational...seems the best place to get trustworthy data now is from our geography!

[@tinfoilpapercut3547]

Thanks, Columbia!

[@ELMS]

That was really interesting. But all your videos are interesting. Thanks!

[@TinsleyThomas]

Super “funformative!” to coin the phrase. Thank you Kyle! Take care

[@margefoyle6796]

Kyle, I absolutely love this series (I love your videos in general, but especially anything to do with maps). Fascinating how Tagalog is the most common language spoken in California, but the highest Asian ethnicity is Chinese rather than Filipino. How would you account for that? My guess is that many many of the Chinese in California have been there for well over a hundred years, and though they identify as Chinese ethnically, they don't speak any of the Chinese languages. Or it could just be that there are three major Chinese languages and only one Filipino. Or a combination of those things. What do you think? I also particularly love the Friday Night in San Francisco album cover you have up in this video. One of my favorites as well. ♥️ And finally, congratulations on such an excellent channel!

[@patrickgallagher1161]

Yeah maybe some of those of Chinese descent don't speak the languages. Also I think Filipino migrants might be a slightly newer demographic than the Chinese migrants. Hi from Oakland, CA!

[@GeographyKing]

Yeah I definitely think it's because of the fact that there isn't a whole lot of immigration from China anymore and most people of Chinese descent are 3rd generation or more. China is still poor but better off than 50 years ago and fewer people are leaving. When I worked for Monterey County Emergency Management we'd print off flood and earthquake info in English, Spanish, and Tagalog. What's kind of ironic is that English is widely spoken in the Philippines.

[@margefoyle6796]

@@patrickgallagher1161 Howdy, neighbor! Castro Valley here. Originally from Lafayette.

[@patrickgallagher1161]

@@margefoyle6796 Ayyy!

[@jgurka2105]

Great video, thanks.

[@WriteHookTV]

I just found this channel and these maps are awesome. Appreciate you.