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12020-08-17T01:43:43-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5924playing card taggoogle_maps2022-05-18T03:39:25-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5What does the map above tell you?
The cards speak not of forests, but of "bountiful forests."
Starter Question:
Chukotka/Kamchatka and the lands of the Black Sea Cossack Host are some 4,000 miles apart. But they share two common geographical features: forests (of course) and... can you figure out the other?
12020-08-18T16:48:35-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Chukotka and Kamchatka26geographic playing cardplain2022-05-18T02:07:35-04:0056.35, 162.2Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-08-17T18:32:42-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5(Lands of the) Black Sea Cossack Host20geographic playing cardplain2022-05-18T01:01:42-04:0045.04484, 38.97603Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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