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If they could do it, why can't we? (infosec.pub)
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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Give me a map of water systems and I will give you sensible borders.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 17 points 6 months ago

I love this image. The choice of coloring schemes and the fractal nature of the patterns is mesmerizing.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So do all the watersheds that don't go to the seas just end in salten lakes?

Also, what's up with the areas with parallel lines? Open desert?

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The parallel lines are likely flood plains. I.e the water just spreads across open ground.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're in Yemen so I doubt the flooding happens much

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Flood plains don't need water to be flood plains. Its more of a topological feature.

Also, Yemen does seem to have serious flash floods every few years 2025, 2024, 2020 and 2008 had big floods.