The Geography of Yucatán explained

[@marielmorenolarrinaga862]

I’m Mexican, but I’m from the north, and so I’m exposed to a lot of media from the US; I remember learning as a young child on Chanels like NatGeo and Discovery that the Mayan civilization had completely disappeared (???? and I believed it! When I turned 16 I realized it was a lie! The Mayan people are still very much alive, and in many towns they still speak different dialects of the Mayan Lenguage. They shape the land they live in, and have an amazing cuisine, with a wide variety of unique dishes. I had to relearn a big part of my own country’s culture.

[@Andres-uw2kf]

Hello from a fellow guatemalen, Yucatecan 🫶

[@eduardotrochez1215]

what down this have to do with the video..

[@jaimemondragon9967]

I worked with a crew of Mayans and fuck they work way harder than any south American I’ve seen

[@dave_mate4244]

​@@jaimemondragon9967Well if they're Venezuelan or Argentinian I believe you they're lazy also most of all Central Americans

[@Nezferatu]

Jach beyo' láak'. Kanáantabaj

[@id104335409]

Remember when the National Geographic and the Discovery channel used to show productions like this? Younger viewers might not believe this, but documentaries were shown on television and that was how we learned about stuff on the other side of the globe. Crazy huh?

[@davidbraithwaite704]

🤔🤗🫢

[@dsxa918]

*In-video ad for VPN makes me think* as an internet'ee in Canada, can I post news on Fakebook if I use an account registered from another country, or will I be able to post news articles simply by posting from another 'territory'?¿?

[@latinsb4u]

Sadly they have to do content for views not for learning as that is how they can generate revenue. The science channel is good and also NOVA, The only one show I like from Discovery is the Treehouse.

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Geography of Yucatán explained 16.11.24 0555am is a storm forming on the horizon over there as i write... soon to run through the region and out into the pacific?

[@bboi1489]

I remember watching those in class as a kid and being bored as all hell

[@capta1nrobloxID]

This guy needs waaaaay more views for the quality he produces

[@burner2burner1]

Facts

[@matthias4223]

So true

[@DavidSanchez-hg8rw]

Forreals. Just now ran into his channel!

[@reinebautistamercado4286]

He needs to work on his diction first. Or he just needs to put subtitles hard-coded in his videos. His videos are interesting, but hardly watchable unless you turn on KZbin subtitles.

[@AndrewTheMachine]

Nah. Let's keep this for ourselves.

[@victormcperebo2727]

Definitely recommend doing Mount Cameroon next. The geological history behind it is very interesting.

[@chanliol6626]

I would attend 100% of the Geography lectures this guy would give if he was a lecturer in my uni. Man, never have I been so psyched out geography than seeing your videos pop up in my feed. You are a blessing, trust.

[@Nezferatu]

The residents of Chicxulub would be surprised to be told they live in a city! Even with it's twin pair Chicxulub Puerto, it's a town at most. Really cool video and don't be too concerned about Tren Maya. The damage by hotel and residential development, as well as intensive cattle and pig farming has had and will pose a far greater threat.

[@TheSilverLioness]

All of them, the train that will give the idea that the peninsula is free real estate, the unconscious development that has been going just builds houses in the middle of nowhere and dosent have a good sewage sistem and just dumps everything in the underground water canals, the pig industry that is almos entirely for exportation and pollutes the water by throwing all the stools oh the pigs, the foreign farmers (menonitas) that flood entire areas to plant rice and cut entire areas of jungle to work on without any supervision or regulation. We are losing everything at an alarming pace and no one is gonna do nothing.

[@hendy70]

This production is very enjoyable and informative. One correction; acidity reduces pH so acidic rain will decrease pH, not increase it as stated at 2.00.

[@el-campista]

I live here in Yucatán, I love been in the cenotes, an amazing world

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

I grew up in Tampa Bay and always heard about the Yucatan. We are very close geographically.

[@justincollins3042]

As always, a very well put together and interesting vid. Thanks.

[@hanjizoe2648]

Never realized how similar the Yucatan is to my home state of Florida. They obviously have their differences, but still, they both feel familiar to one another. Especially the shot at 3:45 ; If you told me that is a picture of a city in Florida, I would've believed you! Lol Lastly, thank you so much for making such an informative, yet short, simplified video on such a unique subject. Really love it, hope your channel grows a lot from these! 🙏

[@arturowagner4728]

I noticed the same thing on a visit to Cancún....

[@arturowagner4728]

I noticed the same thing on a visit to Cancún....

[@ChristopherJohnsonArtist]

But the culture is completely different. People there rarely eat seafood. They mostly eat pork and turkey. I'm surprised you are judging what it looks like based on resort hotels designed for foreigners.

[@hanjizoe2648]

@ChristopherJohnsonArtist You make it sound as if I said they're the same thing. You clearly didn't read my comment correctly because I said they're SIMILAR in many ways, I even mentioned how they have their DIFFERENCES.. smh

[@DaedricNZ]

That segue to the sponsored segment was smooth

[@dsxa918]

I saw a 'real good' transition the other day, I can't remember how it progressed but it was a site for finding extended family via your DNA/blood

[@dsxa918]

I'm still offended you replied to me, @@garyb6219 projecting your auspicions when OP and I were talking smooth transitions. We're cousins, after all!

[@Flakjoe]

Just a quick note: the region of the Yucatan Peninsula is composed of 3 states: Campeche, Quintana Roo and obviously Yucatan Tourism focus mainly on Quintana Roo, specifically Cancun and the rest of the Riviera Maya. Sincerely a proud Cancunense :)

[@Mamu0703]

Love learning more about my wonderful although very hot and humid Yucatan peninsula. I wished Merida and Valladolid had been mentioned.

[@violenz8633]

Your channel is underrated, I wish you to gain more and more followers

[@KNOCKxUpper]

KZbin is more educational and informative than tiktok.

[@sharlarae9719]

Very interesting thanks for this great video ❤

[@juanpabloescalante5423]

I enjoined your video!!! Can you do one of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua Mexico?

[@firefrost8334]

Great video! I always enjoy your uploads and its quite the coincidence that I've actually been reading about the Yucatán recently so was happy to see you upload. I do wish you did a longer format version though. I appreciate you try to make shorter form content as its more easily accessible however I feel like a lot of important things were glossed over in this one such as the Stromatolites in Lake Bacalar dating back over 3.5 Billion years. Additionally many of the species present in the region are still understudied or completely unknown.

[@EdgarPerez-sx5ue]

Fossils of the earliest stromatolites, approximately 3.5 billion years old, have been found in Western Australia and South Africa. These structures are contemporary living beings and not fossils per se, so can be as old as grandma.

[@latinsb4u]

I grew up in Merida Yucatan, we are the only ones to have a Costco with a Cenote (water natural sinkhole) just at the entrance of the store

[@meatgravylard]

I know of seven cenotes in or near Centro in Merida. I would be willing to bet there are at least hundred..

[@billwilson-es5yn]

The Yucatan used to be connected to Texas until rifting broke up Pangea. It moved southeast as ocean spreading widened the Gulf of Mexico until making contact with Mexico. That didn't create any mountains due to the spreading coming to an end shortly later.

[@leonardsolis9876]

What a great documentary, so many things u never would even think about.

[@jibburz3030]

Just found this channel it's sick

[@alejandroq.8494]

Great video , would love to see you take on Mexico’s other geographical areas

[@anthonydolio8118]

Awesome video. Thank you.

[@lukegleason7156]

I’m watching this while on vacation in Cancun lol

[@chaganlalmeghwal2590]

The Yucatán Peninsula, located in southeastern Mexico, is a fascinating geographical region known for its flat terrain and lack of major rivers due to its limestone foundation. On a **geography map**, the peninsula stands out for its unique shape, bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. This region is rich in cenotes (natural sinkholes) and holds significant cultural history as the heartland of the ancient Maya civilization.

[@AlbertoFolres]

In your thumbnail you put the Yucatán Peninsula, but that's not the State of Yucatán, 2 different things

[@blotas1904]

Nice series ! I hope it continues

[@Zantigableiaust]

Please talk about the geography of Indonesia and Filipina, cause there not much information we can access on this, why they always eruption there and why there always earthquake happening there.. I mean please..

[@isaacarriaga8546]

Can you do a video when Baja separated from inland mexico.

[@florinadrian5174]

How do you build a train track over a land riddled with sinkholes?

[@John5209]

VERY Carefully!!!!😊

[@FactSpark]

Massive concrete piles unfortunately

[@ChristopherJohnsonArtist]

Not very successfully, which is why there have been a lot of lawsuits trying to stop it, but AMLO has been forcing it through every way he can. There has been extensive damage to the forests as well as contamination of the cenotes and caves especially in Quntana Roo.

[@jimmyconway8025]

I lived in Yucatan! In Puerto morelos which is about 15 minutes south of the cancun airport. Great town! Very chill and beautiful! Yucatan is also very interesting place and beautiful especially the cenotes . It is flat i can remember driving into the jungle and south in the jungle going to Belize and thinking how odd it is not to be able to see above the trees. There no elevation or even overpasses. The state of quintana roo Wasnt even a state until 1974 And in 1918 mayas revolted Took federal army 18 months lost alot of people to hack their way through the jungle from Mexico city. Put down the revolt then had to trek back to the capital. Brutal. Good video

[@meatgravylard]

You lived on the Yucatan Peninsula, not in Yucatan. There are many elevation changes in Quintana Roo and more so in Campeche, with many overpasses. The beach side of the city of Puerto Morelos has grown into a giant, overpriced old folks home for gringos, sadly.

[@jimmyconway8025]

@meatgravylard better than Playa or tulum which have become high crime areas. I wouldn't say there are many elevation changes . Over passes are few and far between and basically in playa. I drove to Belize it's flat as could be can't see over the trees at all south of playa.

[@meatgravylard]

​@@jimmyconway8025 You can say anything you want but you'd be wrong. Campeche has mountainous areas equivalent to hundred story buildings and higher. Quintana Roo and Yucatan not much less at their highest. From sea level to a thousand feet requires many elevation changes and roads with overpasses. I've driven every road you have and every one you haven't on this peninsula. You see that little round picture to to the left of this paragraph? My back yard for fifteen years.... It doesn't matter but facts help.

[@jimmyconway8025]

@meatgravylard first off I only Siad the state of Quintana Roo I never said nothing about camphece You threw that in. I also states there are over passes. So get over yourself and facts Tonto!

[@gnolan4281]

Excellent macro perspective. If the narrator could speak just a little more slowly I would not need to struggle to understand his words.

[@izaacpaez5533]

Thank you so much for what you do

[@TheDanEdwards]

Lots of little things wrong in this video. It may seem pedantic, but the map of the continents at the time of the impact of the asteroid should be of the late Cretaceous, not today's map. The extinction numbers given are described as if they are all species since life on this planet, but instead should be described as being for the end of the Cretaceous. The tropical cyclones are rotating in the wrong direction. Etc., etc., etc. All these errors are easily correctable, but they should have been caught in editing.

[@JSSguy]

Why (not how) did you have the time to find all that and make a comment that’s longer than the speech I gave at graduation

[@eduardoaguilar1550]

Yes, it's pedantic. Specially since this is a video just for divulgation, not pretending to be cited in a scientific article, nor having a huge budget to rely on "post production" to solve minor details.

[@jeronimoaviles9665]

Thank you. Also the crater was not found by plane nor the ring of cenotes had to do with the finding. False/ wrong info here.

[@raynewman1311]

And CO2 and organics decrease pH and it is lower pH (increase in H+) that dissolves the limestone.

[@denisds130]

I love your videos! I would be more than happy to watch even longer ones (20-30 min.).

[@FactSpark]

A 20+ minutes documentary about Peru is coming in a couple weeks 🙂

[@stallion182]

Really Interesting video. Thank you!

[@funchable212]

At it again with another banger

[@discgolfillustrated2640]

Excellent presentation, thank you

[@dyasion]

Please do the carpathian basin

[@mogyesz9]

Great video, but I dont think using modern maps at 06:40 was a good choice.

[@tyub4281]

that was amazing well done bravo

[@Harrebs]

Maybe do the geography of the Netherlands next

[@jimmshorts]

cenotes pronunciation "see noh tays"

[@meatgravylard]

Wrong. Both "e" sounds are pronounced the same, as a hard "a".

[@Nezferatu]

Ts'ono'ot, Maya yucateco, was too hard for the Spanish, so they simplified it to cenote (seh not teh). As most place names in the peninsula retain their Mayan names (simplied without accents etc) you'll find the likes of Chikindzonot (lit. west cenote)

[@slypen7450]

I was operating vessels off the north west area of the Yucatan and just as the nautical charts confirmed the depth of the water goes from 2 fathoms to 6000 fathoms in the space of a few miles. I stopped and dove in and found a huge cowery. SO WHERES THE PLATEAU ?

[@DsDIO10]

One of Jalisco pls 🙏

[@alepartidav.7664]

8:39 we really made a group chat based off another group chat but without the gringos 😂

[@akhilrajt]

there is a huge problem in this video when the astroid struck earth land map was not like this you could animate this more accurate by including the old map

[@Ceibo-Ceiba]

do you have sources on 1970's mexican government plan to found Cancun

[@Nini_K2]

There’s a book called “Cancún: fantasía de banqueros”

[@jeronimoaviles9665]

Nice work! here are some facts that need to be stated: The Chicxulub crater was not found by plane, it is not visible. Neither found by false "ring of cenotes" they are all over not just in the cherry picking cenote-ring.

[@jakepiecuch9722]

The geography explained: Dinosaurs go bye bye

[@franciscosimental4930]

Have you ever wondered why Mexico's big cities are not located on the coasts, like in the USA (NYC, LA, etc.), but rather in the center of the country and near the border, due to the hurricanes that come from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as those coming from the Pacific Ocean. Because Mexico is a country of hurricanes, large cities have not been built near the sea.

[@iquecanseco8876]

Love it!!

[@McGussen]

The Yucatan is the erect cousin of flaccid Florida according to my 6th grade geography teacher.

[@alephestudios]

lmao

[@raycuevas7577]

Can you do the geography of the Dominican Republic?

[@CICM_920]

Since when was that there?

[@JuliaIndomita]

Very interesting!

[@zeferinomedina6737]

HE SAID "SEE NOTES" 🤣🤣🤣

[@wpower7435]

It's crazy when you think about it the meteor impact in the yucatan made humanity possible to thrive dinosaurs would probably still be around if this didn't happen 😮

[@PingSharp]

I love this man

[@danx3004]

Central Mexico doesn’t have a desert climate.

[@stayfaded69]

Lol it's like the high desert in California

[@FeR-kt1jt]

@@stayfaded69as someone from San Bernardino, I agree . It’s like Victorville lol

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Yes it does. The stretch of land between Puebla and Oaxaca is one huge cactus forest.

[@warreneckels4945]

Agreed. Northern Mexico has the southern portions of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. I don't know if Baja California is considered an extension of the Sonoran Desert or its own desert. Much of the area between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental is near-desert, particularly north of the Bajío (Guanajuato State and surrounding parts of Jalisco, Morelos and Querétaro). Perhaps you saw it between February and May, when it does look like a desert toward the end of the dry season. (Think California in August vs. California in February during normal years.)

[@Aztekaspia]

​@@farticlesofconflatulationThat's la huasteca, and it's the exception, not the rule.

[@jorgecarrillo2]

10:04 The Mayans and Yucatan inhabitants MASSIVELLY VOTED FOR MORENA that constructed the Mayan train even though all the "Legitimate" "Concerns"

[@BrianLawrence-vk3pu]

Huh? And here I thought science was undecided on exactly what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs but it sounds like y'all got it figured out down to the minute.

[@1971ahtom]

C-notes? 😄

[@mexicanodecorazon1697]

Mexico is fantastic!!!!

[@citrusblast4372]

You really said relief like that 🤦‍♀️

[@Memessssss]

W vid 👍

[@orochirel]

Hi, the argument is that the Mayan civilization’s stronger presence was long gone when conquistadors came, they only found small caciques, small cells of the once great Mayan civilization. No big cities with lots of population, unlike in the center of the country like with the Aztecs

[@WilhelmvonFahrvergnugen]

2:00 decreased pH.....acidic

[@Doktorwh0]

pls do Hudson Bay!

[@TheSilverLioness]

Don't fall in love with the peninsula, we are gonna lose everything that makes it beautiful in some years.

[@Spnozilla]

Basically the holy land for all Cenozoic life

[@marcuscole1994]

Because of the impact??

[@angelaydin2168]

Interesting fact: The Yucatán peninsula is the only peninsula facing up in the world

[@FactSpark]

What about Jutland in Denmark?

[@leonardsolis9876]

15 kilometers seems so small for something that killed off the dinosaurs and much of the planet's life.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Speed kills. At 20 km/second 15 km wide meteor arrives with massive amounts of energy.

[@alfredshort3]

I assumed the reason it was flat was because of the meteor that changed the landscape there a few hundred million years ago. All that material was on the seafloor till a 7 mile iron core object bulldozed a few thousand feet in the earth.

[@MaxFung]

i still think the maya train is cool and way better than a big highway for cars

[@FactSpark]

True

[@Nini_K2]

It’d have facilitated transportation between towns/cities but it’s slow af and more convenient to drive

[@nathan9368]

I did my ancient ancestry and it said I have ancestors from yucatan

[@J.dot_84]

"c-notes" lol

[@nothing111samu6]

This is a Geography documentary… And you missed Quintana Roo???

[@nicolasmuniz3571]

Love your videos as always but I am begging you once again to please pronounce words correctly. Cenote is not pronounced "see-notes".

[@IIelsajoyII]

He probably speaks more than one language therefore he may have difficulty pronouncing certain words...

[@TheECSH]

Are you from Germany?!

[@FactSpark]

Yes

[@TheECSH]

@@FactSpark so schön!

[@Lucille-bg9xh]

I think most of the information is about Yucatan. Everything else is parts of what happened to Yucatan.

[@Iktius]

The Yucatan peninsula is the debris of the meteore which exterminated the dinosaurs 🦖🦕

[@janvanhoyk8375]

@6:22 pulverizing

[@lewizzrocks]

It’s “say-no-tess” not “sea-notes”

[@Ravenxxo]

I could tell by the way you speak that you are German. 🇩🇪 ❤

[@JenniferWhite-l6r]

Mario Glen

[@GaskellArlene]

6232 Alisa Glen

[@edbardoe2195]

Some info, hold the politics

[@husnukomisersahte]

Danube River

[@renevargas8616]

They critize so much the construction of the mayan train because it is built by left wing government. I'm from Cancun and we barely have any transportation infrastructure to connect the Yucatan Peninsula within the region and to the rest of the country. But nobody critize the neoliberlist and far right government when they destroyed thousands of square miles of fragile mangrove all along the coast line of quintana roo. That mangrove is the natural barrier for huracans. I don't like when they make it political like this guy does it in the video. Just critizising what he wants to

[@shallbetterdj]

Nicaragua has no mountains, the cordillera is a lie

[@I.Odnamra]

Im no climate activist but I do hope they leave these ecosystems alone. If people want to travel and explore these unique locations, they should do so at their own expense while being inconvenienced and unacommodated.

[@JasperKlijndijk]

Comment for algorithm

[@ocixem164]

Love Mexico 🇲🇽

[@rickirubio3973]

Didn't the Yucatan belong to Guatemala at one time??

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

No, that’s Chiapas.

[@GregGarciaHouse]

0:16 Wrong! You just started and very bad. Not all the yellow coloured map of Mexico is desert. México is a Mega-diverse country. There are forest on the mountains and, rainforest on the coastline. Very bad video

[@Christian-gs9ek]

Nah al chile acá en el norte si está bien culero

[@TheAnarchitek]

The Yucatan, and the east coast of Mexico, up into the southern US (below Tennessee's southern border), out to the Bahamas, and back along the Cayman Trench (including Cuba), to the serpentine trail of the plate boundary, was quite possibly "Atlantis", about 4,250 years ago, sitting off the northwest corner of Africa, outside the "Gates of Hercules", before being swept "westward" (modern directions), to mate with the other pieces of North America. This was the opening salvo in a centuries-long nightmare.

[@diegodipp]

This place is boring as fuck, no mountains, no rivers, no seasons, warm and humid as fuck. Every cool place is private property and expensive to visit. All locals hate living here but there is no alternative because it’s the only part of mexico with good salaries if you don’t have a career, it’s only good if you visit for vacations but being born here in a low income family leads you to eternal crippling depression.