Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later

Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by cesarbs on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @01:58PM (#8103722)

Why "Empty Quarter"? What's the reason behind that name?

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Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by Perceval on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:12PM (#8103849)

Very few people live there: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/grump-v1/gru...

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Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by icegreentea on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:08PM (#8103805)

The population and population density in those areas are incredibly low.

At least on the Canada side, the only two major cities in that area are Edmonton and Calgary, with a combined population of less than 2 million.

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Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by soperj on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @05:17PM (#8105070)

That's not true. Edmonton and Calgary have each been over a million for a while now. Alberta has also been the fastest growing province for probably a decade now.

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Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by lilsunnybee on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @11:02AM (#8108586)

Also Denver/Boulder and SLC on the US side are not exactly low population density.

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Re:Nine Nations of North America 30 years Later by _ihaque on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:09PM (#8103822)

Probably from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub'_al_Khali

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