this is brilliant
River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
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Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#12Very cool, and feel more real than I expected. A raindrop often ends up to the real "river" and goes down to the sea with it. It revived my appreciation to the physics.
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#13I chose a spot in Colorado, the result was rather disappointing: https://river-runner.samlearner.com/?lng=-105.56967021444078...
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#14There's a small part of North Dakota (and a teeny part of Montana) that drain into Hudson Bay. This led to the odd fact that these parts of the Midwest USA were for a while British territory (until 1818). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembina_Region
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#15Fun, even shows you the short rivers that drain into the Great Salt Lake of Utah
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#16It says my lawn is 5230km from the Gulf of Mexico. Not quite the furthest you can go though -- that's 200km east of here, I think.
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#17This is great! I got a chuckle though that this is for the US only, but it shows distance in km instead of miles. I'd love it if we changed to metric but I don't see that happening any time soon.
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#18Allow me to present Triple Divide Peak, from whence you may urinate simultaneously into the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Divide_Peak_(Montana)
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#19There's a small part of North Dakota (and a teeny part of Montana) that drain into Hudson Bay. This led to the odd fact that these parts of the Midwest USA were for a while British territory (until 1818). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembina_Region
Which part is that? I can't find it on the map. Just want to see the twisty windy path.
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#20Allow me to present Triple Divide Peak, from whence you may urinate simultaneously into the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Divide_Peak_(Montana)
Neat.. I was just in that park last week for a wedding, it was too bad that a lot of the roads were still closed, but it was still amazingly beautiful. Think I've driven over the continental divide about 6 times in the past week, the one east of glacier national park twice and three times when driving through yellowstone to get to teton national forest today. It's just ridiculous up here.