Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land, and the generosity of its soil has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millennia. In the early 19th century, England became the epicentre of a worldwideIndustrial Revolutionand soon the world’s most industrialized count...
A statewide map of New York showing the major lakes, streams and rivers. Drought, precipitation, and stream gage information.
A statewide map of Maine showing the major lakes, streams and rivers. Drought, precipitation, and stream gage information.
Farther south, deep and scenic dales (valleys) dissect the Pennine plateau. The dales’ craggy sides are formed of millstone grit, and beneath them flow streams stepped by waterfalls. The most southerly part of the Pennines is a grassy upland. More than 2,000 feet (610 metres) above sea ...
Streams in Great Britain have many different names—brook, burn, stream, water—and it turns out that the variations are regional. On Twitter, Ben Smithhas been posting mapsof Britain’s obscure and idiosyncratic stream names.Atlas Obscurahas more, and also points to Phil Taylordoing something ...
Although being a notoriously dry state, Colorado boasts a myriad of rivers, creeks and streams throughout the whole state. These hundreds of waterways are often tributaries to larger rivers, ultimately either flowing west or east, depending on which side
and space, as water tables rise and fall, generating surface flow in intermittent and perennial streams, while also providing water to unsaturated soils occupied by the roots of numerous plant species. Under natural conditions, the water table level fluctuates in response to seasonal and interannual...
The waterway layer contains rivers, streams, canals, etc represented as lines. Waterway classes can represent a wide variety of possible widths. Since larger rivers and canals are usually also represented by polygons in the #water layer, make your line styling biased toward the smaller end of ...
A statewide map of Colorado showing the major lakes, streams and rivers. Drought, precipitation, and stream gage information.
A statewide map of Kentucky showing the major lakes, streams and rivers. Drought, precipitation, and stream gage information.