Fun little site answers that burning question of “if I put in here and go downstream, how far can I go?”
https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/
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Kind of cool. WIsh I could figure out how to slow down the raindrop’s “flow” so I can see the map with more time and details.
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All rivers run to the sea, but to be practical, it needs to show danger zones, obstructions, unnavigable sections, dams . . .
At the end of movie (fast forward) it zooms out and you can see the route. Then you can zoom in to your heart’s content.
I noticed it goes down the center of bodies of water instead of the talweg.
There are plenty of Great Basin rivers that never make it to the sea.
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Plenty is a bold word. Although they may start out strong they . . . Evaporate!
There are quite a few, but I suspect many aren’t runnable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_Great_Basin
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Water drops can go places people can’t.
We had a canoe club member that wanted to paddle the length of McGirts Creek aka Ortega River. He started at a point up stream and struggled over the winding ditch and dead fall. Something like one mile/ four hours. Never made it.
Some rivers never make it to the sea. The Great Basin is a good example. We have rivers in Nevada that end in large “sinks” and evaporate.
Most people know little about hydrology. As paddlers it makes sense to learn something about rivers and lakes.
I was teaching a field class to some AP high school students. In the fall, after a dry summer we were watching a creek flow downstream to the Carson River. I asked them where the flow in the creek came from. Half of them did not even know what drainage we were in. They said it flowed from Lake Tahoe which is in the Truckee River drainage. One kid had a good idea. The answer is bank flow. A creek is the intersection of ground water and the ground surface. Water literally seeps into the creek from its banks to maintain its flow without any precip that time of year.
That was fun, thanks for sharing!