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- Season 1 What is Geography?
- Season 1 What is a Map?
- Season 1 What is space and how do we study it?
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- Season 1 How Does the Earth Move?
- Season 1 What Does the Atmosphere Do?
- Season 1 How Does Air Temperature Shape a Place?
- Season 1 Where Does Wind Come From?
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- Season 1 How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use
- Season 1 What Are the Different Types of Cyclones?
- Season 1 How do we Classify Climates?
- Season 1 What is Climate Change?
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- Season 1 What is Human Geography?
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- Season 1 How Does Language Move?
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- Season 1 Where and Why Do People Move?
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- Season 1 Capitalism, Communism, & Political Economies
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Crash Course Geography - Season 1 Episode 11 How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use
0.00 11 minutes If you compare precipitation around the world with population distribution we can understand a simple but powerful pattern of human geography: where there is water, there are people. But it gets a little more complicated because where there are people and limited resources, there is often conflict and bigger geographical questions at stake. So today, we’re going to zoom in and look more closely at how precipitation patterns around the Great Plains and the western United States has led to many conflicts involving the use and distribution of water resources.
