Pirate Utopias: The Geography of Libertalia
Forget treasure maps marked with an 'X'; the real story of pirate havens is written in the geography of the places they called home. For a brief, dazzling period, the…
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Tidal Bores: When Rivers Flow Backward
Imagine a river suddenly flowing backward, a powerful wave surging upstream against the current. This counter-intuitive marvel, known as a tidal bore, is a rare geographical phenomenon born from a…
How Rivers Capture Other Rivers
Over millennia, a dramatic heist unfolds as one river erodes through a dividing ridge and "steals" the water from its neighbor. This process, known as stream capture or river piracy,…