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That one surprised me alot when I first found out this. Before that, I thought venus fly traps were in Southeast Asian places like Vietnam and Thailand.
No. The whole area is flat as a damn pancake. But that's not necessarily how watersheds work anyway IIRC.
How so? Water tends to go downhill. There is some point where water falls and it goes one direction or the other..... all watersheds in the micro, continental divides in the macro. There is always some elevation variance... grade so to speak, however minimal, for water to flow one direction or another or it ponds.
I am no geologist, and am using layman's terms, but is this not so? Again, water doesn't flow uphill and even on the flattest of surfaces (a newly poured foundation slab for instance) will still puddle at the lowest point.
How so? Water tends to go downhill. There is some point where water falls and it goes one direction or the other..... all watersheds in the micro, continental divides in the macro. There is always some elevation variance... grade so to speak, however minimal, for water to flow one direction or another or it ponds.
I am no geologist, and am using layman's terms, but is this not so? Again, water doesn't flow uphill and even on the flattest of surfaces (a newly poured foundation slab for instance) will still puddle at the lowest point.
I don't know, hence the IIRC in my post. But if there is an elevation change there it's virtually imperceptible.
I don't know, hence the IIRC in my post. But if there is an elevation change there it's virtually imperceptible.
Well, we might be the blind leading the blind lol. But my understanding is if you walk a continental divide.... or even the dividing line of a watershed, you are walking the 'ridge' or the highest elevation between those two watersheds. Rain fall on one side of that line will go downhill into one watershed, a drop on the other side will got the other direction.
I am wondering if water action of Lake Michigan against its western shore has built up a slight ridge... sort of like an Atlantic coast barrier island... even if only so slightly perceptible... that causes all rainfall to the west of it to slough away from the lake and toward the Mississippi (or other tributaries).
If anyone else that can put this in more scientific terms, please weigh in. Help me if I am mistaken in any of this.
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