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Tracorre t1_j6ug6kk wrote

Reply to comment by Old_AP_Pro in Rivers of the World! coloured according to the major hydrological basins they are part of. [OC] by symmy546

A lot of coastal areas are like this, where because they are near the coast there isn't the opportunity for rivers to really group into a singular basin, it is just an area where many many different rivers go into the sea and each individual river basin would be very small. Some sort of grouping is happening in areas like that.

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Old_AP_Pro t1_j6umw5y wrote

There are 10 river basin districts in England.

Anglian, Dee, Humber, North West, Northumbria , Severn, Solway Tweed, South East, South West, Thames

Therefore, England should have ten colors, not one as shown on this map.

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Tracorre t1_j6uq263 wrote

Well yes, but if it did that it would be creating very small river basins all along various coastal areas. All of the US coasts have this same issue, and much of the African coasts and SouthEast Asia, etc. There is a grouping compromise being done somewhere to prevent having so many small basins. A map of this type of just one country could split them up, but whole world would be just too busy.

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Old_AP_Pro t1_j6w3jyq wrote

Italy is split ip to east and west coast. Roughly the same size as England, and smaller than England, Scotland, Wales combined.

Greenland, Sweden, Norway also wrong.

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Old_AP_Pro t1_j6uqpdh wrote

There is no way All of the rivers in England belong to the same hydrological basins. The Thames, east coast is very distinct to the Severn, west coast.

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