r/geography • u/True_Antelope8860 • 2d ago

Whats the place you refer to when something is very very far Discussion

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u/CraigThalion 2d ago

I wonder if Timbuktu is „where the pepper grows“

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u/OneRegular378 2d ago

No, that's India.

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u/gregorydgraham 2d ago

Indonesia

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u/wollkopf 1d ago

Vietnam

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u/Shyam_Kumar_m 1d ago

Pepper was associated with Kerala in India.

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u/locoluis 1d ago

Hardly anything grows in Timbuktu, since it has a hot desert climate. When the Niger river floods, they can grow rice south of the town.