Comments on: 208 - Shifting Like A Snake: Ancient Mississippi Courses http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/ collecting cartographic curiosa Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: P.M.Lawrence http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-73826 P.M.Lawrence Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:42:15 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-73826 "And yet, the Mississippi isn’t even North America’s longest river (the Missouri River is)". It isn't even the second longest, it's the third. USAians often have trouble working out what the second longest is; have a guess. “And yet, the Mississippi isn’t even North America’s longest river (the Missouri River is)”. It isn’t even the second longest, it’s the third. USAians often have trouble working out what the second longest is; have a guess.

]]> By: Hugh Brown http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-73096 Hugh Brown Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:46:46 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-73096 "The Mississippi’s effluent of fresh water is so massive (7.000 to 20.000 m³/sec, or 200.000 to 700.000 ft³/sec) that a plume of fresh water is detectable from outer space, even as it rounds Florida and up to the coast of Georgia." The Mississippi empties a lot of water into the Gulf of Mexico but it is nothing compared to the Amazon. The latter drains 13 times as much water. The Amazon drains as much as these rivers combined: Nile, Yangtze, Mississippi, Yenisei, Yellow, Ob-Irtysh, Congo, Congo, Amur, Lena, Mekong, Mackenzie, Niger, and Paraná. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> “The Mississippi’s effluent of fresh water is so massive (7.000 to 20.000 m³/sec, or 200.000 to 700.000 ft³/sec) that a plume of fresh water is detectable from outer space, even as it rounds Florida and up to the coast of Georgia.”

The Mississippi empties a lot of water into the Gulf of Mexico but it is nothing compared to the Amazon. The latter drains 13 times as much water. The Amazon drains as much as these rivers combined: Nile, Yangtze, Mississippi, Yenisei, Yellow, Ob-Irtysh, Congo,
Congo, Amur, Lena, Mekong,
Mackenzie, Niger, and Paraná.

Wikipedia

]]> By: One Cool Map « The Voices of Stuart http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-70025 One Cool Map « The Voices of Stuart Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:06:12 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-70025 [...] Have a look.  This is one cool map.   [...] [...] Have a look.  This is one cool map.   [...]

]]> By: Lápis Raro » Estranhas cartografias. http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-70001 Lápis Raro » Estranhas cartografias. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:27:17 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-70001 [...] Guerra, mapa das regiões onde a internet é censurada, mapa dos times de baseball americanos, mapa de todos os cursos que o Rio Mississippi já teve, e um monte de outras coisas curiosas, como a esta Árvore da Vida (que representa as sephiroths da [...] [...] Guerra, mapa das regiões onde a internet é censurada, mapa dos times de baseball americanos, mapa de todos os cursos que o Rio Mississippi já teve, e um monte de outras coisas curiosas, como a esta Árvore da Vida (que representa as sephiroths da [...]

]]> By: Isaac Cashman http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-68905 Isaac Cashman Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:50:56 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-68905 I would like to see a map a the various U.S. 1's in Boston, Mass. That is: The roads which carried U.S. 1 in 1n 1935, 1955, 1975, and 2005. I would like to see a map a the various U.S. 1’s in Boston, Mass.

That is:

The roads which carried U.S. 1 in 1n 1935, 1955, 1975, and 2005.

]]> By: matt http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-67690 matt Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:52 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-67690 ...and here are some links to where the original hi-resolution maps (1.4GB) and the accompanying reports can be downloaded from: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2005/06/geological-investigation-of-alluvial.html …and here are some links to where the original hi-resolution maps (1.4GB) and the accompanying reports can be downloaded from: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2005/06/geological-investigation-of-alluvial.html

]]> By: matt http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-67686 matt Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:31:30 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-67686 thank you Bob Maynard (comment #32) for some more background information on this wonderful map and especially for the snapshot of the whole map series http://static.flickr.com/39/80699722_1555333ff0_o.jpg thank you Bob Maynard (comment #32) for some more background information on this wonderful map and especially for the snapshot of the whole map series http://static.flickr.com/39/80699722_1555333ff0_o.jpg

]]> By: Geeknews - Gadgets, Superheroes, Retro Tech, RPGs, Art http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-61645 Geeknews - Gadgets, Superheroes, Retro Tech, RPGs, Art Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:35:22 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-61645 [...] Kissing Map Shifting Like A Snake: Ancient Mississippi Courses A Simplified Map of London UFO Hotspots Map The Blonde Map of Europe Something to [...] [...] Kissing Map Shifting Like A Snake: Ancient Mississippi Courses A Simplified Map of London UFO Hotspots Map The Blonde Map of Europe Something to [...]

]]> By: Twelve Mile Circle » Blog Archive » Carter Lake, Iowa http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-60182 Twelve Mile Circle » Blog Archive » Carter Lake, Iowa Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:31:15 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-60182 [...] Maps recently featured “Shifting Like A Snake: Ancient Mississippi Courses” with a beautiful rendition of its meandering riverbanks over time. The relatively flat [...] [...] Maps recently featured “Shifting Like A Snake: Ancient Mississippi Courses” with a beautiful rendition of its meandering riverbanks over time. The relatively flat [...]

]]> By: Maps Are Like Assembly Instructions… « After Darkness Light - Providence Community Church http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-57527 Maps Are Like Assembly Instructions… « After Darkness Light - Providence Community Church Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:43:52 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/208-shifting-like-a-snake-ancient-mississippi-courses/#comment-57527 [...] This one is of the many paths of the Mississippi River. [...] [...] This one is of the many paths of the Mississippi River. [...]

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