The Insane Geography of North vs. South Korea

📖 Subscribe to my Substack! 👉 https://geographicgeoff.substack.com -- We Weren't Prepared for Armenia's Highlands:    • We Weren't Prepared for Armenia's Highlands   -- 🌳 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geoffgibson 🗺️ Map store: https://mapsbygeoff.com -- What if I told you there’s a border so stark, it’s visible from space as a line between blinding light and near-total darkness? Or that this same dividing line, the most heavily militarized zone on Earth, has accidentally become a teeming paradise for endangered wildlife? From a single city that holds half a country's population to an ancient kingdom that once stretched deep into China, the Korean peninsula is a land of staggering geographic extremes. So here are 15 incredible geography facts you never knew about Korea. -- Chapters: 0:00 - The Korean Peninsula 0:29 - It's 70% Mountains 1:11 - It Has Over 3,500 Islands 1:54 - Home to Two Mythic Volcanoes 2:34 - Opposite Coasts 3:19 - Major Rivers Flow Two Directions 4:28 - The "Bridge" and the "Battleground" 5:09 - The 38th Parallel Was an Arbitrary Line 5:56 - An Accidental Paradise 6:46 - Ancient Kingdoms Forged by Mountains 7:33 - A "Lost" Northern Territory 8:17 - South Korea’s Mega-Metropolis 8:59 - The North-South Resource Lottery 9:48 - Building Land from the Sea 10:29 - One of the World's Densest Countries 11:17 - A Divide You Can See from Space -- Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net. If you think there's been an error in using a video clip, please contact me. This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)