Submitted by mushroomgnome t3_z8t34e in Washington
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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?
Disastrous-Turnip199 t1_iydiw9z wrote
I love this. Is it the snake river on the bottom?
newt_girl t1_iydjhf4 wrote
mushroomgnome OP t1_iydk6la wrote
Correct. The Snake River is toward the bottom curving around and flowing west and north toward the Columbia.
mudbutt4eva t1_iydrn3h wrote
I was surprised when I learned that parts of Montana like flathead lake are in the basin
diderooy t1_iydvy73 wrote
Aesthetics, I think.
exoticpandasex t1_iydy63g wrote
I want a coffee table book of these kinds of geographic or geologic maps. If anybody knows of one lmk!
tri_wine t1_iydz34l wrote
The repeated draining of Lake Missoula created much of eastern Washington's landscape. Lake Missoula
WikiSummarizerBot t1_iydz4tr wrote
>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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rosesandpiglets t1_iye0eoo wrote
rosesandpiglets t1_iye0hou wrote
Laughed a bit too hard at this
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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Ltownbanger t1_iye2jj6 wrote
Right? It's indisputable.
Wellcraft19 t1_iye48mh wrote
It sure does. Remember when I drove up from Dallas to Jackson and eventually West Yellowstone one winter, I passed over the Snake River an amazing number of times.
RainCityRogue t1_iye9iyc wrote
Eastern Washington locals must be kind of dumb to fight over something so plainly obvious.
turtle_with_a_straw t1_iyee0fg wrote
Perenially_behind t1_iyeeu9u wrote
Newfoundland?
Wait...this is OC? This is fantastic!
Perenially_behind t1_iyegd4x wrote
The top quarter of the map shows Canada.
Perenially_behind t1_iyehbem wrote
Check the OP's profile, there's a link to a shop.
mushroomgnome OP t1_iyehyn8 wrote
As did I!
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.
mushroomgnome OP t1_iyeif80 wrote
Thanks! Glad you like it :)
thejournaloflosttime t1_iyeir7w wrote
This is fantastic
mushroomgnome OP t1_iyeizf7 wrote
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.
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!
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.
mr_meowsevelt t1_iyeqpeo wrote
This inspired me to go back and touch up the rivers in my fantasy world building map
likefireincairo t1_iyf0bv1 wrote
Very, very cool
riannaearl t1_iyf0j5g wrote
I'm on the Snake. I can relate :)
Working-Pattern5727 t1_iyf5q6t wrote
Anyone else see a cartoon dog's head outline from 2 different angles?
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.
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!
mushroomgnome OP t1_iyf806y wrote
Awesome :) Fantasy map making is another hobby of mine.
goinupthegranby t1_iyf943k wrote
Daaang this is rad, I also want a print of this
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.
playfulmessenger t1_iyddrwj wrote
It's such a beautiful shape!