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Dubious Islands (mander.xyz)
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[–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Uh… is there a waterway that crosses the Rocky Mountains this way? That doesn’t seem right.

Edit: after some searching I found this, which I suspect is the basis of this connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parting_of_the_Waters

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    none of these are true. that's kind of the joke. it's an oddly specific hydrology/geology joke

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I mean making shit up isn’t a joke though. I feel like the humor needs to be based on something real.

    Most of the other “islands” are formed by man made canals, so I’m curious what the situation in the Rockies is that allows them to argue those rivers connect.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thanks. That seems to be the origin of the extra braid that crosses the Rockies on the map.

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