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The 5 largest rivers basins (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] bort@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

eurasia, are you even trying?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mountains not conveniently arranged along the edges of the continent 😤. Who designed this shit?

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Plate tectonics. Blame PT.

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

It depends on how you define a river. This map displays Rio de la Plata as a river, but that's debateable, officially it's an estuary. If you separate Parana and Uruguay rivers, than the Ob river basin in Asia is bigger than any of those.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drainage_basins_by_area