#Solarpunk #writing and #art idea:
A #watershed #map instead of a political or elevation one.
Imagining a world divided into bio-regions not by some arbitrary political body, but by the rivers and water circulation.
We could make it into a beautiful symbol of a sustainable future.
More about it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_divide
The one below is a work of https://www.grasshoppergeography.com/
"A Half Built Garden" book by Ruthanna Emrys implements such a vision!
I was reading about history of the #UnitedStates and came across this nice #DrainageBasin #map.
“The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US”
https://www.reeldealanglers.com/the-veins-of-america-stunning-map-shows-every-river-basin-in-the-us/
thanks to the work of mapmaker and data analyst Robert Szucs, you won’t be able to come upon at a river without considering the particular sea into which it flows. He’s created what he calls “the first ever map of the world’s rivers divided into ocean drainage basins,”
#mapporn #worldmap#worldmap #maps #rivers #drainagebasin #oceans
Even if you've never traveled the seas, you've surely known at least a few rivers in your time. And though you must be conscious of the fact that all of those rivers run, ultimately, to the sea, you may not have spent much time contemplating it.
John Wesley Powell was right https://ioc.exchange/@mgsquires/110506456485381514 via @mgsquires
Killing lawns won't save the West. What we learned from Las Vegas' two decades of ambitious grass removal and recent effort to take on 'nonfunctional' turf. https://t.co/w1d0VncsXV
“America’s story had always closely aligned with that of Exodus—the tale of a people who left behind an oppressive Old World to enter a wilderness and ultimately build a divinely inspired, promised land.
How would that promise look?
Powell singlehandedly tried to change the American narrative.”
#watermanagement #drainagebasin #americanwest #johnwesleypowell
Biggest storm since 2011 has San Diego County in ‘crosshairs’: “The San Diego River watershed will receive about 300,000 acre feet of water, enough to serve about 500,000 homes for a year if there was a way to capture it all, said Marty Ralph, director of UC San Diego’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.”
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/black-ice-on-I-8 via @sdut
#sandiego #AtmosphericRiver #drainagebasin #watermanagement #UCSD #watershed
Atmospheric Rivers FTW, now just need water management to survive and thrive
https://fox5sandiego.com/weather/ap-warming-to-make-california-downpours-even-wetter-study-says/
#AtmosphericRiver #California #watermanagement #aquifers #beavers #upzoning #urbanplanning #drainagebasin
“the Colorado River system is in a state of collapse. It is a collapse hastened by climate change but also a crisis of management.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-water-war-is-brewing-over-the-dwindling-colorado-river
#climatechange #WaterWars #WesternUS #JohnWesleyPowell #agriculture #aquifer #drainagebasin #watermanagement #coloradoriver #WaterFootprint
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