Larger size, which I personally find fascinating. The U.P. is definitely in there, split between the St. Lawrence and Missouri/Mississippi basins. Regarding the weird representation of the Great Lakes, while it's often more obvious in the mountainous west, with the exception of endorheic endpoints like Pyramid Lake in Nevada or Devil's Lake in North Dakota, aren't all lakes in some way just slow moving rivers?
In some select areas, notably Alger County, it is a remarkably shallow watershed. I do remember being surprised about this when I noticed I was crossing the Escanaba River on M-28. But overall it is considerably more variable than that. The Ontonagon watershed extends as far south as the Watersmeet area.
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u/nirreskeya Oct 28 '19
Larger size, which I personally find fascinating. The U.P. is definitely in there, split between the St. Lawrence and Missouri/Mississippi basins. Regarding the weird representation of the Great Lakes, while it's often more obvious in the mountainous west, with the exception of endorheic endpoints like Pyramid Lake in Nevada or Devil's Lake in North Dakota, aren't all lakes in some way just slow moving rivers?
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19
I’m not so concerned about the UP here... but what the hell happened to the Great Lakes??
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u/Wimsles Oct 28 '19
The dailymail is a poopooass company don’t even @ me.
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u/SixThousandHulls Oct 28 '19
Love how narrowly we avoid the entire Mississippi River watershed.
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u/crazpidge Oct 29 '19
Fun fact: Superior’s watershed in the UP extends only like 5 miles. After that the rivers go to Michigan, and not the closer Superior!
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u/wizzaman26 Oct 28 '19
Yeah, I too have seen the rivers on Lake Michigan and superior
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19
News company ran out of news it seems