Geography: Age 18

5 illustrated Geography lessons for Age 18.

Container Ships Move the World Around 80% of world trade by volume travels by sea, much of it packed in standard steel containers that move e…
Container Ships at a Narrow Strait Container ships carry huge numbers of goods across the world's oceans. They pass through narrow straits and st…
Solar heating and global air loops Solar energy heats the equator more than the poles. This temperature difference drives large loops of rising a…
Sea zones and shipping routes Coastal states control a narrow territorial sea and a wider exclusive economic zone extending up to 200 nautic…
Volcanoes at Plate Edges and Plumes Volcanoes often line up along the edges of tectonic plates. A few sit far from those edges above deep mantle p…