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minus-squaremeeeeetch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoIsa Lake in Yellowstone Park feeds into tributaries of the Snake (which flows into the Columbia to the Pacific) and the Yellowstone (which flows into the Missouri to the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico).
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoThanks. That seems to be the origin of the extra braid that crosses the Rockies on the map.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoDoesn’t the Colorado go south west from the Rockies, which would make more of these islands?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoOnly if it’s connected by water to the other major rivers. But I’m not sure if it is.
Isa Lake in Yellowstone Park feeds into tributaries of the Snake (which flows into the Columbia to the Pacific) and the Yellowstone (which flows into the Missouri to the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico).
Thanks. That seems to be the origin of the extra braid that crosses the Rockies on the map.
Doesn’t the Colorado go south west from the Rockies, which would make more of these islands?
Only if it’s connected by water to the other major rivers. But I’m not sure if it is.