#Basins

[postcard-from-the-past]

Basins of Léopoldville, modern-day Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Belgian vintage postcard, mailed in 1910

[fahmbathrooms]

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[grasshoppergeography]

Hey All,

I've been away for some time, as we've been working really hard on something quite exciting:

let me present to you the world's first ever global ocean drainage basin map that shows all permanent and temporary water flows on the planet.

This is quite big news, as far as I know this has never been done before. There are hundreds of hours of work in it (with the data + manual work as well) and it's quite a relief that they are all finished now.

But what is an ocean drainage basin map, I hear most of you asking? A couple of years ago I tried to find a map that shows which ocean does each of the world's rivers end up in. I was a bit surprised to see there is no map like that, so I just decided I'll make it myself - as usual :) Well, after realizing all the technical difficulties, I wasn't so surprised any more that it didn't exist. So yeah, it was quite a challenge but I am very happy with the result.

In addition to the global map I've created a set of 43 maps for different countries, states and continents, four versions for each: maps with white and black background, and a version for both with coloured oceans (aka polygons). Here's the global map with polygons:

I know from experience that maps can be great conversation starters, and I aim to make maps that are visually striking and can effectively deliver a message. With these ocean drainage basin maps the most important part was to make them easily understandable, so after you have seen one, the others all become effortless to interpret as well. Let me know how I did, I really appreciate any and all kinds of feedback.

Here are a few more from the set, I hope you too learn something new from them. I certainly did, and I am a geographer.

The greatest surprise with Europe is that its biggest river is all grey, as the Volga flows into the Caspian sea, therefore its basin counts as endorheic.

An endorheic basin is one which never reaches the ocean, mostly because it dries out in desert areas or ends up in lakes with no outflow. The biggest endorheic basin is the Caspian’s, but the area of the Great Basin in the US is also a good example of endorheic basins.

I love how the green of the Atlantic Ocean tangles together in the middle.

No, the dividing line is not at Cape Town, unfortunately.

I know these two colours weren’t the best choice for colourblind people and I sincerely apologize for that. I’ve been planning to make colourblind-friendly versions of my maps for ages now – still not sure when I get there, but I want you to know that it’s just moved up on my todo-list. A lot further up.

Minnesota is quite crazy with all that blue, right? Some other US states that are equally mind-blowing: North Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming. You can check them all out here.

Yes, most of the Peruvian waters drain into the Atlantic Ocean. Here are the maps of Peru, if you want to take a closer look.

Asia is amazingly colourful with lots of endorheic basins in the middle areas: deserts, the Himalayas and the Caspian sea are to blame. Also note how the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra are divided.

I mentioned earlier that I also made white versions of all maps. Here’s Australia with its vast deserts. If you're wondering about the weird lines in the middle: that’s the Simpson desert with its famous parallel sand dunes.

North America with white background and colourful oceans looks pretty neat, I think.

Finally, I made the drainage basin maps of the individual oceans: The Atlantic, the Arctic, the Indian and the Pacific. The Arctic is my favourite one.

I really hope you like my new maps, and that they will become as popular as my river basin maps. Those have already helped dozens of environmental NGOs to illustrate their important messages all around the world. It would be nice if these maps too could find their purpose.

[aperturecity]

would give anything to be there rn

[aimeekb]

The Milky Way rising above the mountains in Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park

[annabelle--cane]

love that ianthe finally Won and was so proud to do her big villain monologue and explain how actually she'd been the world's most specialest girl the whole time and she was the best and her beautiful charismatic much beloved sister was just an unworthy facade of a person and she was the final boss most important real deal. only to then immediately be upstaged completely by cytherea's villain turn. and then spend the last twenty pages of climactic denouement passed out on the ground.

[qiinamii]

kermit debt

[katy-l-wood]

ONE WEEK. ONE PRECEDENTED WEEK. THAT IS ALL I WANT.

Anyways. Hope everyone is okay. I haven’t seen any causes for this discussed yet, and it is probably way too early to speculate, but Yellowstone itself is NOT erupting. There is no reason to panic.

[emmajoydesignco]

Passive Rainwater Harvesting Beside Highways

Highways are designed to deflect water off the road to keep driving conditions safe. This water is often viewed as a problem and funneled away as quickly as possible. What if we saw this massive amount of water as an opportunity to foster a thriving ecosystem that supports animals and pollinators, provides shade to reduce heat emitted from road, creates a more beautiful commute, and offers a supplemental source of food that naturally grows on native plants.

The Saudi Green Initiative asked me to visualize what roadside plantings and passive rainwater harvesting could look like in Saudi Arabia. This illustration shows a strategy for implementing roadside swales to catch water from the road and nearby land and use that water to create a roadside ecosystem.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Basins of the Doubs river on the French-Swiss border, Franche-Comté region of eastern France

French vintage postcard

[tonythr]

A tribute to my favorite quote from Hollow Knight. My biggest finished artwork so far

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[sitting-on-me-bum]

Iriartea deltoidea in the Amazon basin in Ecuador.

(Image credit: geneward2 via Getty Images)

[joeoliver]

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