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The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« on: October 22, 2016, 06:52:02 pm »
The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US

    The map shows the network of streams and rivers in the 48 contiguous states of the US
    The largest, shown in pink, reveals basins for the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers
    Other basins, including Pacific Northwest, Upper and Lower Colorado, and Great Lakes are shown

By Cheyenne Macdonald and Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:23 EST, 21 October 2016 | Updated: 12:46 EST, 21 October 2016

   

A stunning new map shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States.

Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej, a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River.

The map visualizes Strahler Stream Order Classification, the creator explains, with higher stream orders indicated as thicker lines.



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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2016, 01:58:29 am »
The Mississippi river basin just boggles the mind.
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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2016, 03:48:02 am »
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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2016, 03:56:44 am »
That's incredible.  The Mississippi is, almost literally, the lifeblood of the entire country.
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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2016, 11:02:38 pm »
Interesting the # of rivers that never make it to the ocean or another river.

Do they go underground?
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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2016, 11:05:39 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on October 24, 2016, 03:56:44 am
That's incredible.  The Mississippi is, almost literally, the lifeblood of the entire country.

Certainly the portion of the country, along with the South, that voted Trump.

There a few exceptions, especially along tye main river channel which happens to stay a strong hue of blue.
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Re: The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2016, 11:21:01 pm »
They break down into smaller and smaller increments. I live in the Raisin River watershed which flows into lake Erie. Where I grew up on the other side of the county was the Kalamazoo and Grand River basins which flowed to Lake Michigan.



The Great lakes watershed rivals the Mississippi watershed.

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