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NeahG t1_iydnngx wrote

I thought it was lettuce.

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Balzac_Onyerchin t1_iyeqmod wrote

Oh man... this is Amazing. I live in the Tri-Cities. Absolutely a suburb around nothing and pretty isolated feeling.

But I can see on this map that I am actually right in the middle of an amazing system.

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iyf7i8m wrote

This is the exact emotion I want to convey with my maps and why I like to do watersheds! We're all part of some amazing inter-connecting system that most people never even realize. Thank you!

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Balzac_Onyerchin t1_iyfcnda wrote

I should also add that I've been a big geology nut my whole life - this area in particular. My Dad was a well driller in the lower Columbia region and I was always going along gathering my own "core samples," ...etc. Kid scientist shit, but I never outgrew it.

But the map really does make it all pop out; state lines are and political maps are so much less interesting.

I have this desire to touch it -- perhaps printed on a 20" x 20" aluminum sheet? Yeah probably.

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Disastrous-Turnip199 t1_iydiw9z wrote

I love this. Is it the snake river on the bottom?

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iydk6la wrote

Correct. The Snake River is toward the bottom curving around and flowing west and north toward the Columbia.

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mudbutt4eva t1_iydrn3h wrote

I was surprised when I learned that parts of Montana like flathead lake are in the basin

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tri_wine t1_iydz34l wrote

The repeated draining of Lake Missoula created much of eastern Washington's landscape. Lake Missoula

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_iydz4tr wrote

Lake Missoula

>Lake Missoula was a prehistoric proglacial lake in western Montana that existed periodically at the end of the last ice age between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago. The lake measured about 7,770 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi) and contained about 2,100 cubic kilometres (500 cu mi) of water, half the volume of Lake Michigan. The Glacial Lake Missoula National Natural Landmark is located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Missoula, Montana, at the north end of the Camas Prairie Valley, just east of Montana Highway 382 and Macfarlane Ranch.

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pala4833 t1_iydpls0 wrote

What's the significance of the bits that run outside the square?

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iyeidh9 wrote

The short answer is aesthetics.

The longer answer is its a technique found in a lot of older maps which maximizes the area of interest (in this case the Columbia River Watershed). By letting portions of the area of interest hang over the edge of the map, you can increase the scale without adding a ton of additional white space.

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KStaxx33 t1_iyeqbvx wrote

Just realized Okanagan lake and lake Chelan take a weirdly similar path. Really cool.

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Perenially_behind t1_iyeeu9u wrote

Newfoundland?

Wait...this is OC? This is fantastic!

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iyeif80 wrote

Thanks! Glad you like it :)

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Perenially_behind t1_iyejq4d wrote

I saw the links to Blender tutorials on your post of this map in r/MapPorn. What dataset(s) did you use, if you don't mind saying?

Raven Maps is my standard for where cartography intersects aesthetics. You're definitely getting there.

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iyeokwn wrote

For this one I used the USGS 1 Arc Second dataset which gives about 30m resolution. The GEBCO dataset is also a good option.

Raven Maps does stellar work and are one of my inspirations. They balance traditional cartography and art perfectly! One thing I'd like to add to my maps in the future is labeling which they do very well.

PS - I like your username. I identify with it a little too much sometimes!

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Nosrok t1_iyela3q wrote

For second I thought you spelled Colombia wrong and then I realized it's not the country. It's just very similar shape.

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mr_meowsevelt t1_iyeqpeo wrote

This inspired me to go back and touch up the rivers in my fantasy world building map

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mushroomgnome OP t1_iyf806y wrote

Awesome :) Fantasy map making is another hobby of mine.

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KingoftheKeeshonds t1_iyf6d90 wrote

This is so cool. Your work always amazes me. It’s astonishing how much larger this river basin is compared to the states it occupies (or that occupy it). For example all of WA state except the Puget Sound Basin and the Olympic Peninsula comprises maybe a forth of the Columbia River Basin. Thanks so much for posting.

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exoticpandasex t1_iydy63g wrote

I want a coffee table book of these kinds of geographic or geologic maps. If anybody knows of one lmk!

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Working-Pattern5727 t1_iyf5q6t wrote

Anyone else see a cartoon dog's head outline from 2 different angles?

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goinupthegranby t1_iyf943k wrote

Daaang this is rad, I also want a print of this

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Twin_Peaks_Townie t1_iydgu7e wrote

I grew up in Eastern WA. Making a claim that the basin extends all the way to Wyoming is likely to get you into a fight with one of the locals…

Edit: you idiots realize I’m making a comment about people in the Tri Cities and not expressing my own personal beliefs here right?

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rosesandpiglets t1_iye0pti wrote

That’s reality though, that’s how river basins work.

Wait until they hear about the Mississippi river basin…

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