Comments on: River Basins as Countries: A New World Map

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:40:13 +0000

In reply to Ani. I completely agree with you. I've been thinking about this a lot as well. River basins function as semi-isolated systems where the flow of water, soil, and energy shapes everything—from vegetation patterns to wildlife habitats and even human settlement. That’s why I believe the 'basin principle' should serve as a foundation for both environmental protection and economic planning. Organizing around natural systems like watersheds just makes ecological—and practical—sense.

By: Ani

Ani — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:59:23 +0000

Fantastic analysis! I was messing around with the idea, then realized that you had already done 100X the research. I’m an ecologist/biologist and I think that watersheds are the optimal organization considering the climate with human and animal ecology. I also think that human conflict could be managed much better if we were organized by natural structures like watersheds.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:14:20 +0000

In reply to Aqua. That's a great idea! It would also be great to create such maps. The easiest map to create would involve subdividing the land into continental regions.

By: Aqua

Aqua — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:51:38 +0000

Very informative and fun! A natural and alive representation of land. And the land regions could be subdivided into continental divides [1,2], each with its correspondent ocean gyre [3,4]. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Ocean_drainage.png [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_divide [3] https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/7/2019/05/figure9.1.2.png [4] https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/webboceanography/chapter/9-1-surface-gyres/