Mississippi Watersheds
Mississippi Watersheds
‘Very cool. I want a really high res version of this with labels’–thomaslsimpson
The River Systems of America (1856)
The River Systems of America (1856)
‘Fun fact. Technically a fish could swim through the USA from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. A creek in Wyoming splits in two and eventually reaches both the Mississippi and the Columbia Rivers’–desperadow
Scottish River Basins
Minnesota Watersheds
Minnesota Watersheds
‘What’s amazing is how much of Minnesota drains into the Gulf of Mexico’–Xtoval
River basins of Bougainville
Water catchments of Australia
Water catchments of Australia
‘This is incredible. I love the way there are so many large catchment areas in the east of the continent however once you get in to the west it is all broken up into tiny sections … Tiny?! Some of those catchment areas are still the size of Belgium … Thank you kind sir for using my country as a measuring reference … For some reason, unknown to me, us Aussies use Belgium a lot when referring to the size of portions of Australia. I don’t get it, but that just happens … Belgium is probably the most well known, culturally significant country that’s extremely small.
It’s a good benchmark. Everyone knows about Singapore but everyone also knows that it’s basically just a city. Not everyone knows about Luxembourg and Lichtenstein.
But Belgium was a coloniser, and went to war with other European countries. It’s a big deal, so it feels meaningful to say “we’re so massive you could fit Belgium into one of our cattle stations”.’
Water catchments of New South Wales
Water catchments of New South Wales
‘Holy shit the Murray river has some reach … And the Darling River!’
Queensland water catchments
Queensland water catchments
‘The big dark red one in the south west would be Lake Eyre Basin’–MegaMank
Brazilian river basins
Brazilian river basins
‘What a coincidence that the change in the color of the waters corresponds exactly to the currencies of the states!’–sapphocubas
River basins of North Dakota
River basins of North Dakota
‘I’m always fascinated when I drive between Jamestown and Valley City on I-94 and I see that big marker, “CONTINENTAL DIVIDE”. Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, in a flat expanse.
Get up to a place like Harvey where the James and Sheyenne come within 10 miles of one another. Perfectly walkable over mild terrain. And yet, the waters in each river diverge, never to cross again, destined to end up on complete opposite ends of the continent. Incredible …. There’s a creek in Wyoming which splits (which is rare enough, rivers typically don’t do that), with one part flowing to the Atlantic and the other flowing to the Pacific’
River basins of Germany
River basins of Germany
‘This is awesome. Each one of those big, and sometimes smaller ones, has an amazing cycle path running along it if you’re into long bike rides and camping out. I’ve done most of the stuff in the southwest because i live there so this is interesting to see where to go next when its safe to get back out on the roads’–youwutnow
River basins of Finland
River basins of Finland
‘I love the shape of Finland … I too, enjoy testicles.
Wait…’
Australia's Marine Regions
Australia’s Marine Regions
‘Sometimes I wonder what do we do with such large area of water, by stats, we have the 3rd largest EEZ (exclusive economic zones) in the world, yet our fishing exports ranked somewhere around 56th. Our ocean territory is literally bigger than our land’–rwang8721
Ukrainian Watersheds
Plans of Islands in the South Pacific, 1946
Plans of Islands in the South Pacific, 1946
‘Are these just imaginary island drawings?…Not at all. What makes you think that?
…with a Masters Degree as well – the mind boggles…’
Inland Seas and Lakes of Asia drawn to scale (1852)
Inland Seas and Lakes of Asia drawn to scale (1852)
‘Don’t show this to Aral Sea!’–desperadow
1925 chart of Port Arthur, Tasmania, south coast : from a British survey in 1893
1925 chart of Port Arthur, Tasmania, south coast : from a British survey in 1893
Rivers of Switzerland according to the language of the national river name
Rivers of Switzerland according to the language of the national river name
‘It obviously goes French, German, Italian, Romanch’–AJgloe
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
‘Out of Nordics, Sweden has the largest lake (Vänern; 5545km²) and Finland the second-largest (Saimaa, 4400km²). These are the largest and second-largest lakes in Europe (excluding Russia’s Ladoga; 18130km² and Onega 9700km²). Finland used to have half Ladoga before WW2. The Caspian Sea (371000km²) is in Asia and is the largest lake in the world … This guy lakes’
River basins of Florida
River basins of Florida
‘Warning: Dats where them Gators are! Run for ya life! Get to hi ground!
Pro Tip: The rivers with the most gators are the ones with water in em’–Darkstarlm
Watersheds of Arizona
Watersheds of Arizona
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‘Looks like the little ones in the north are endorheic systems’–HordeOfOpossums
Watersheds of South America
Watersheds of South America
‘It’s beautiful how you can see the border between Chile and Argentina’–MundaneYoghurt
River basins of South Australia
River basins of Western Australia
River basins of Western Australia
‘Now that we’re talking about the Australian desert, where are we going to execute the plan to flood the lower sub-sea-level part of Australia to introduce more moisture into the atmosphere Global warming can’t be a problem if you do it deliberately to introduce a wetter world … I think the British wanted to do this too. It sounds like a good idea if you want to settle this new created oasis, but thinking about the aborigines that live there and will lose their territory makes it a bad idea’
Iceland river basins
Iceland river basins
‘Djöfull sé ég margar mögulegar virkjanir … : taka fram að ég er 0 að djóka, djöfull væri ég til að búa í vinnubúðum og vinna í vinnuvélum allan daginn’–sprautulumma