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[-] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Isa Lake in Yellowstone Park feeds into tributaries of the Snake (which flows into the Columbia to the Pacific) and the Yellowstone (which flows into the Missouri to the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico).

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Thanks. That seems to be the origin of the extra braid that crosses the Rockies on the map.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Doesn’t the Colorado go south west from the Rockies, which would make more of these islands?

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Only if it’s connected by water to the other major rivers. But I’m not sure if it is.

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