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mapsontheweb:

Map Reveals the Rainiest Cities in Each Country Around the World

People often refer to Seattle and Manchester as the rainiest cities in the world. 

But the truth is, Seattle isn’t even the rainiest city in the state of Washington. And in the UK, Londonderry is actually the wettest city.

So what are the rainiest cities around the globe?

I hope you have an umbrella, because this new study from Budget Direct uncovers each country’s rainiest city.

Source: https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/home-contents-insurance/research/wettest-cities.html

dailyoverview:

Our new book “Overview Timelapse” will ship in less than a week so we’ll be sharing some images from the book leading up to release day! Pre-orders are available now through the link below:

www.amazon.com/Overview-Timelapse-How-Change-Earth/dp/1984858653

We’re so excited that we got to include this image of San Francisco, California, and the surrounding Bay Area, in the book’s section about water. Home to some eight million people, the region was captured here by satellite at a low angle from 800 miles away over the Pacific Ocean. When freshwater from inland California mixes with salty water coming from the ocean, it creates brackish wetlands that provide a vibrant habitat for wildlife, including many species of birds. Over the last century, nearly 80 percent of the Bay’s wetland habitats have been diked and filled for building, farming, and salt extraction.

37.777500°, -122.416389°

Source imagery: Maxar

dailyoverview:

Our new book “Overview Timelapse” will ship in less than a week so we’ll be sharing some images from the book leading up to release day! Pre-orders are available now through the link below:

www.amazon.com/Overview-Timelapse-How-Change-Earth/dp/1984858653

We’re so excited that we got to include this image of San Francisco, California, and the surrounding Bay Area, in the book’s section about water. Home to some eight million people, the region was captured here by satellite at a low angle from 800 miles away over the Pacific Ocean. When freshwater from inland California mixes with salty water coming from the ocean, it creates brackish wetlands that provide a vibrant habitat for wildlife, including many species of birds. Over the last century, nearly 80 percent of the Bay’s wetland habitats have been diked and filled for building, farming, and salt extraction.

37.777500°, -122.416389°

Source imagery: Maxar

Does anyone else… feel crazy… just kind of looking at the world on google maps and marveling at the fidelity? You can even rotate it around willy nilly, making things look wonk as heck. Oh look there’s Australia at the top of the globe, what’s it doing it there? And patchy ol’ Antarctica. Finally, you end up on the streets near Jindabyne Dam, and it looks so much like so many other suburbs on Earth that you feel the need to stop.

Does anyone else… feel crazy… just kind of looking at the world on google maps and marveling at the fidelity? You can even rotate it around willy nilly, making things look wonk as heck. Oh look there’s Australia at the top of the globe, what’s it doing it there? And patchy ol’ Antarctica. Finally, you end up on the streets near Jindabyne Dam, and it looks so much like so many other suburbs on Earth that you feel the need to stop.