Not a country, but Alaska actually has Sand Dunes in Kobuk Valley National Park! Definitely not what you think of when Alaska is mentioned.

Ok, the "desert" shown in Brazil is not truly a desert, they are coastal dunes, but Brazil actually has a very large semi-arid area, and inside it, some areas that are classified as hot desert, but these places not has sand dunes, being more like steppes with lots of bushes.

1. The cold, moist coast of the Lake Michigan lakeshore of the Upper Peninsula has sand dunes. 2 Iran has a rainfrest on its shore of the Caspian Sea. 3. Spain has an honest-to-Sahara desert on its mainland. 4. France has a tropical rainforest? Sure; French Guiana is an overseas department of France. 5. Switzerland has palm trees in the Lugano area. 6. The northwestern corner of Oahu (the Hawaiian island containing Honolulu) has severe desert.

As an Australian who has grown up on the great dividing range in northern NSW, i have seen snow quite a few times, and I have been in a blizzard surprised you didn't show the Snowies here in Aus in this video, seeming that a lot of people are normally shocked when they hear we have snow lol

One could confuse Quebec City with a traditional European city in the way it was built, it doesn't look like any other North American city

The higher mountains in Hawaii can get quite a lot of snow, too, so seeing a picture with foot-deep snow or whiteout conditions looks pretty out of place for Hawaii.

You didn't mention that it does snow in Brazil! When people think of Brazil they think that it's a tropical country with a lot of beaches with white sand and crystal clear water. That is true but people don't know that the country is not 100% tropical. In the South of Brazil, especially in the States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul it does snow in some cities like Urubici and São Joaquim, for example. And you might think that snow is rare in those places. Well, actually no. It does snow every single year in those places with temperatures like -7°C. But those are very small places in the country. We can't deny that those places break some stereotypes though.

It's so funny that Greenland being green is going against a stereotype

"When Colombia pops into your head, what comes to mind?" Me, a man of culture: "Encanto"

You should mention Chrea, Algeria, a snowy alpine region in a country typically known for the vast Sahara region to the south and the dry Mediterranean to the north!

The floating islands in Avatar were inspired by the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China. It's basically giant pillar mountains that looks like something out of a fantasy world

When I see a picture of Lake Malawi, I don't think that it is in Malawi because it looks like the picture was taken next to the coast when in fact, Malawi is landlocked.

1. Morocco has desert, mountains, steppe and Mediterranean vegetation 2.. Spain has a desert 3. Iran and Turkiye have a rainforest but it's not tropical 4. Germany, Croatia, Poland and Russia have a desert 5. The only mediterranean country where it has never snowed is Malta 6. It snows regularly in Brazil and Australia in winter 7. Indonesia and Malaysia have Snow on there Mountains Puncak Jaya and Gunung Kinabalu 8. There is Snow relatively often in the Sahara desert and in Saudi Arabia 9. The only asian countries where it has never snowed are: Maldives, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Brunei, Qatar, Bahrain, Philippines and Kuwait

Tasmania’s landscape is not like stereotypical Australia and more like Wales, Ireland or Scotland.

When you said snow capped mountains in SouthEast Asia, I thought of Jaya Wijaya, a 5000-is meter tall mountain in West Papua. Indonesia is normally a hot humid tropical islands, but Indonesia also home to some of the tallest mountain in the Southeast Asia. Surprised there's actually another snowcapped mountains in both Myanmar and Vietnam. Also look for Dieng Plateau ice and Nepal Van Java, they don't look like they belong to Indonesian landscape.

Colombia also has the tallest coastal mountain in the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, where one can experience 5km+ above sea level frigid weather an hour away from very warm and humid tropical beaches. La Guajira desert (an actual desert not like the Tatacoa arid forest) is also located nearby, and all of this is found on the eastern half of the Caribbean region of Colombia, the other 5 regions of the country are pretty diverse too.

0:54 i guessed myanmar when you gave hint it is in South-east asia

if you make a part 2, i think you should mention desierto de rangipo, a desert in the middle of new zealand’s north island

Denmarks migrating sand dunes at Råbjerg Knude and its desert at Råbjerg Mile. Also Denmarks many many white sandy beaches - specifically Grenen at Skagen. Which has white sand and turquoise water.

do other video like this one pls i loved itr, it s changing our point of view on numerous country and region of the world.

Another example would be Algeria, which most People assume to be only a Desert. But in the North its actually Green and Mountainous with Snowy Landscapes in Kabylia.

In my country Spain I can think of: desierto de tabernas (only desert in europe), Picos de europa (lush green mountains that look like a slightly cheaper switzerland), Canary island (here you can find anything from sand dunes to sub tropical forests to incredible volcanic beaches)

When you mentioned Colombia, you would have mentioned that the majority of its population lives in a subtropical-oceanic mountain climate despite the fact that half of the country is covered by the Amazon In the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith they show Bogota, the capital of Colombia, as if it were a tropical town in the middle of the jungle, when the city is cold and is more than 2,500 meters above sea level, that is like putting that Cairo is a city surrounded by snow that is next to an icy sea

Colombia has also La Guajira desert which is much bigger

This is great! Thanks for all the quirks and details!

There are sooo many more examples of this, you could easily do a whole series. I live near Osoyoos BC, the only semi-arid shrubland in Canada, often referred to as Canada's only desert.

i’m not even joking i thought with the mountain… “Burma?”

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I don't understand why people find sand dunes in Brazil that unexpected. We have tons of beaches with sand dunes and lakes/lagoons on them, although the Lençóis Maranhenses is amazing and on another scale for sure.

This should be a series 👍🏽😊

1:15 Are we just gonna ignore the fact that there's a town called 'Dong'?

This is such a great video idea, i need a part 2

This is a really interesting idea for a video, nicely done as well!

For Part 2 you must include Egypt's snowy mountains of Saint Katherine and the Afrotropical forests of Elba in Halayeb, as well as the Mediterranean Temperature forests in Marmarica.

Nice vid. I for one, would like to see a part 2. An active volcano, white sandy beaches with crystal blue waters, impenetrable amazonian rainforests, mountains over 4000 meters, barren icy desert, an island made of mountains plunging into the sea, large wheat fields and vineyards can all be found in this one European country : France, including its overseas territories in South America, Caribbean, South Pacific, The Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and even claimed territories in the Antarctic.

super cool video would absolutely love a part 2

LOVE LOVE LOVE this topic!!! More of this

Very good! Yes part 2!

I got so many new things from this video. Thanks for creating such a wonderful video.

Irans Gilan rainforest. Canada has a little desert in BC

That bit in Oman is so cool! There's a region centered on the city of Salalah that has a really weird monsoon. During July and August, only about 50mm/2 inches of precipitation falls, but it falls almost entirely in the form of near-constant fog and drizzle. It makes it super green and lush!

The guy really tried to impress people with mountains in a country bordering Tibet 💀

3:01 that’s about the same as summer where I live in Australia, definitely liveable temperatures

Can you make this a series? It's very interesting.

This was a rlly good video. I usually don’t ask for part twos (bc what are the chances of you reading this) but can you?

I recently travelled to the northern part of Borneo (Sabah), where unexpected plants were the pine trees growing in the mountainous area around Mount Kinabalu and Kundasang, the landscape in general there looks a lot like the alps in some places. Most of Borneo is covered by tropical jungle since Borneo is directly at the equator, this isn't the type of landscape where you would expect pine trees, and the landscape around Mount Kinabalu in general looks a lot like the alps. These tropical pine trees are Sumatra pines and I actually bought a small one at a plant market to take home as an indoor plant. Also Mount Kinabalu (over 4000 m height) is the only place in Malaysia and Borneo where it can actually (rarely) snow, something you also wouldn't expect in a tropical area close to the equator.

for 7:29 Gansu in China also has rainbow mtns I've been once and they're spectacular but not as bright as the images make them out to be.

You could add for next video is the snowy villagescapes in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Frozen Campbell Island in NZ, frozen Prince Edward Island of South Africa, and the California wine valley looking region of Tarija, Bolivia.

Wow, Margarita Peak is incredible! I went looked at it on Google Earth and found more photos- WHAT A PLACE! And the pictures from the hike up there are breathtaking! Thanks for putting that one in this video!

I hope you have part 2, and feature Vietnam with some more astonishing landscapes such as DESERT (in Bình Thuận and Ninh Thuận province - most arid area in VN); VOLCANOES despite situated far from the Ring of Fire; ATOLLS....

one of your better and more educational / THANK YOU

If you were gonna do a part 2, Papua New Guinea has a peak similar to the one you showed for Myanmar (it was actually my guess, but I got it wrong). That country is usually known for low lying jungles and forested coasts.

The "deserts" in the Netherlands can also be included here

When you said that those Mountains are in southeast asia, i immediately guessed burma. Without the southeast asia statement, my guess would have been the zagros mountains.

Could you make a video where you do this for every country?

Part 2 please!

Greece too isn't just nice beaches and hot weather all year. On the mainland there are big mountain ranges with dense forests and alpine landscapes on the peaks with a diverse wildlife, there are even bears on the north of the country.

In southern Greece we have the local date palm species phoenix theophrastii. So especially in Crete you can see natural palm forests like Vai, Prevelis and Ayios Nikitas that are making the natural landscape more like a North African date palm oasis than a classic common mediterranean. That palm grows also in Palea Epidavros close to the area of the archaiological site of the famous ancient theatre of Epidaurus. It's also as a local variety there. Even Crete has at least 4 varieties of phoenix theophrastii. Also there are some remnants on the island of Amorgos and maybe some palms here and there on Kos island. The rest small populations are in southwestern Turkiye. Also in Greece we have the just opposite landscape, like Alpine lakes and cold climate forests like fagus forests and on the northernmost places like the borders with Bulgaria, on the Rhodope mountains, you can meet even birch trees (the southernmost tip of that species) and picea abies, which is also its southernmost tip. Another example of an extreme landscape for Greece, is the inland sand dunes of Limnos island. It looks like as a replica of a classic sandy desert, but in the middle of a hilly classic aegean semiarid landscape and not as usually near a coast as seaside sand dunes. It's a very unique experience for a visitor.

There's a sand desert in Maine, not something you'd expect in North-East USA.

GREAT VIDEO!! Really interesting

The mountains at 0:52 are in Nepal. Although Hkakbo Razi is indeed in Myanmar, the picture shown is of Mount Everest and surrounding peaks.

lovely video. i guessed the Myanmar pic immediately haha

great vid!

In fact, in Northern Vietnam, 0 degrees Celsius is often considered the lowest level that can occur in the Northwest mountainous urban and Northeast midland urban, and 7 degrees Celsius is the lowest level in urban areas at sea level. Northern Vietnam is the only region in Southeast Asia with four distinct seasons. Although the terrain is not high, because there are few hills and mountains to protect it, cold winds from Siberia can blow straight down to Northern Vietnam at the end of the year.

Ngl, I didn't knew about Uganda having snow and THAT tall mountain, that was a shocker for me 😮

This is going to be my new travel list

Some other examples I’ve thought of: Poland (stereotypical flat and cold country): Tatra national park with alpine mountains or Błędów Desert that looks like the Middle East. Sweden (cold): The sandy beaches with blue water in Stenhuvud National park or the crystal clear waters, white limestone soil, arid vegetation and Mediterranean feel of Gotland island. Denmark (also cold): Sandy beaches and limestone cliffs in Møns klint or Sand dunes in Raabjerg mile. The Sahara desert and much of the MENA region (hot): The numerous times it falls huge amounts of snow in parts of the desert or surrounding areas.

South Spain is also like this, cause we can see semi desert landscape, snow, pine forests and also green, almost subtropical forests (I do not refer to the Canarian Islands, but to a small part near Gibraltar)

00:50 I guessed Burma when you said it was in south east Asia... I wasn't even surprised when I was right, I did associate Myanmar with mountains in that region (as Thailand, Vietnam and Laos are warmer in weather vibes generally). It is also very close to Bhutan which is like the most effing mountainous place I've ever heard of so that was a part of the vibe as well

Eastern Colorado is a good example too. Colorado is widely associated with high mountains and forests, yet the eastern half of the state is very arid and flat.

You can go skiing in the Trudos Mountains of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean Sea. The Brits go there for sun-based hols, I saw them freezing their asses off in jandals (flip-flops) and T-shirts on a daytrip up there. :-)

The Macritchie Reservoir rainforest in central Singapore looks more like the Amazon jungle. Totally shocked me when i first saw it.

I work as a forest ranger in Iceland. Many people from abroad struggle to grasp the idea of that, but we have many forests.🇮🇸😊

Loved all of these! The Okinawa example was the only one that didn’t fit. It’s like saying look how beautiful and tropical the USA is. But showing Puerto Rico lol

We have a moving sand dune in Denmark. It was fun seeing it in snow when we visited

We need part 2 :D.

I have 2 to add: Think of Arizona as nothing but desert with cacti and the Grand Canyon? Go to the Apache National Forest which is about a 2 or 3 hour drive east of Phoenix close to the New Mexico border. There's pine, fir, and spruce trees with even a few alpine meadows mixed in your almost think your in Switzerland, minus the tall mountain peaks. Think of Texas as nothing but ranches and open grassland outside the major cities? Head to almost anywhere on the very eastern edge of the sate and your see oak, sycamore, and even maple tree forests that look more like out of western Europe like the UK or France.

There are several badland deserts where I live in Alberta Canada. Also a couple arid sandy desert like places in BC. Most people think Canada is all cold and green or the Canadian shield forests and the mountains but there are deserts here too.

Thanks to this video, some of these places will now have resorts and private areas for those who can buy them… I have seen it happen too many times before.

the desert around tacna Peru is awesome, ive been there

There are arctic regions and tropical rainforests in France

I grew up in a part of Canada where temperatures reached 50 Celsius, and I remember My daughter on a trip to Vancouver counting all the palm trees.

I thought it was pretty well known that Japan had Okinawa. It's an island that saw some of the most brutal fighting in WW2. It's a large part of the reason why the Americans reconsidered an invasion of the mainland since a lot of soldiers and civilians in Okinawa had preferred to take their lives rather than surrender. Nowadays, it's very common for Japanese people to go there on holiday and such. Having said that, it is indeed pretty shocking how different the North is from the South in terms of climate. Japan is the snowiest country in the world yet Okinawa stays relatively hot even in Winter

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0:28 Isles of Scilly are goated fr

Some of these places were predictable, but the island of Hormuz made a huge impression on me, I would love to visit this place someday. Tip for Central Europe: Pustynia Błędowska. Our little Polish desert.

In Hungary, there is a tiny desert. Called fülöpházi homokbuckák

If you haven't done it already, you could probably also do this for most US states. For example, a lot of people think Arizona is nothing but desert, when in reality, northern Arizona can get a lot of snow.

I’m from Australia, and town just outside of my city named Stirling is a kind of cold, very wooded place that feels more like Europe or Canada or the Northern US.

The South Coast of British Columbia in Canada, a Mediterranean climate where you can grow some citrus, olives, palm trees, and much more.

The northern upper third of Spain north of Burgos consists of steep snowcapped mountains, rolling green hills with its coastline having many fjords instead of the stereotypical Mediterranean near desert conditions of the middle and southern regions!

I'd like to see this done with US states some of them have ridiculous biodiversity

I am from the Dominican Republic, I am sure when I mention Dominican Republic, you probably think of tropical beaches and warm weather year round, this is mostly true, with a noticeable exception in the high mountains of the Cordillera Central, where in the village of Constanza, and the elevated valley known as Valle Nuevo, you can experience legitimately cold winters with temperatures dropping below 0 and frost occuring frequently, even the plant life of the region seems like something more seen in more northern latitudes due to Pine trees dominating the forests in contrasts to broad-leaved trees which dominate the rest of the countries forests

You didn't need to go out to the Scilly Isles. There are palms and sandy beaches in Dorset, Devon, etc. It's the south coastal region where you can find the English Riviera. Take a second and look at some very appealing photos.

Maybe Spain with the very lush and green areas in asturias or the basque country

very underrated

Indonesia has a lot of different type of geography like range of mountain and sometimes got snow, some region very cold with -10c at night, and average emperature is 8-15c while some region got f 28-32c average temperature, The islands that close to australia have more similar to australian, also the beaches is like Australians beaches . Some part look like africa, even tho indonesia image is full of green and trees, indonesia also can be brazil with their amazon.

This was interesting! I think I read somewhere that there's an accidentally man-made desert in Poland.

We have a desert in Romania. Not a natural one, mind you, but a pretty sizable chunk of a county that has been nicknamed the "Oltenian Sahara". This was due to really bad agricultural choices in the 60's.

Oh, come one, that's just Scilly.