Mississippi vs. Amazon is hard, but this? No contest. The Columbia River Basin wins. Its waterfalls alone would be enough, but having the Willamette as a tributary means it's also a city river spanned by gorgeous bridges. #PNW#RiverCup2024!
#RiverCup2024#BigRivers I must admit, my vote for La Seine is mostly because of how a bunch of peeved French people campaigned to *ahem* dirty the water before the Olympics Now that's taking protest action into your own hands... (or a different body part I suppose...)
Columbia vs. La Seine was a tough one. OTOH, the Columbia River Gorge is unbelievably gorgeous. OTO, Paris! ๐คฉ (Had to go for the natural beauty tho ultimately.) And also #TeamCongo#RiverCup2024
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#RiverCup2024 Match 8 ๐งYangtze River: The third longest river in the world, the Yangtze is 3915mi long, and over 1/3 of the inhabitants of China live in the basin ๐ Niger River: The third longest river in Africa, the Niger flows through 10 countries before reaching its 14000mi2 delta
#RiverCup2024 Match 7 ๐งColumbia River: The Columbia River Basin is roughly the size of France, and flows roughly 1200mi through 7 US states and one Canadian province ๐ La Seine: The Seine river is a 485mi long river running through France. It is most famous as the river that flows through Paris
#RiverCup2024 Match 6 ๐งGanges River: The most populated river basin in the world, the Ganges flows 1569mi through India and is a sacred body of water to Hindus ๐ Congo River: The world's deepest recorded river, the Congo is 720ft (220m) deep in parts โ too deep for light to penetrate
#RiverCup2024 Match 5 ๐งMississippi River: The second longest river in North America at 2340mi long, the Mississippi drains 41% of the US ๐ Amazon River: The largest river in South America, the Amazon is 4000mi long, and the largest river in the world by discharge
Itโs time for the next four matches of #RiverCup2024#BigRiversagu-h3s.org/rivercup#DryRivers here
