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| ==== Watersheds ==== | ==== Watersheds ==== |
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| {{:writing:northamerica-watersheds-2.jpg?400&direct|https://wtny.us/watersheds-basics.asp}} {{:writing:north_america_cec_watersheds.jpg?x400&direct|https://cascadiabioregion.org/department-of-bioregion/new-north-american-watershed-maps-are-here}}{{:writing:watershed_map.png?400&direct|https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/these-beautiful-maps-capture-rivers-that-pulse-through-our-world-180971789/}} | {{:writing:northamerica-watersheds-2.jpg?400&direct|https://wtny.us/watersheds-basics.asp}} {{:writing:north_america_cec_watersheds.jpg?400&direct|https://cascadiabioregion.org/department-of-bioregion/new-north-american-watershed-maps-are-here}}{{:writing:north_america_rivers_black_catchments_draft.jpg?400&direct|https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/these-beautiful-maps-capture-rivers-that-pulse-through-our-world-180971789/}} |
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| In a world where states no longer exist, borders drawn by nature may be very useful for administrative purposes. People will still need to coordinate over land and water management. | In a world where states no longer exist, borders drawn by nature may be very useful for administrative purposes. People will still need to coordinate over land and water management. |
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| There will also still be plenty of room for conflict within these administrative areas. For example, even if a state or province border doesn't divide the upper and lower half of a river, the upstream and downstream communities encompassed in that watershed may be very different in culture and in how they use the river. A watershed management council would have to navigate the competing visions of large and populous arcologies at the river forks and the sparsely populated but upstream river highlands. How would this organization mediate between the interests of the two groups? If it was directly democratic, would the highlanders feel politically impotent compared to the more populous lowlanders? How far would the river people go to enforce their vision of water management on the culturally distinct stream tenders? | There will also still be plenty of room for conflict within these administrative areas. For example, even if a state or province border doesn't divide the upper and lower half of a river, the upstream and downstream communities encompassed in that watershed may be very different in culture and in how they use the river. A watershed management council would have to navigate the competing visions of large and populous arcologies at the river forks and the sparsely populated but upstream river highlands. How would this organization mediate between the interests of the two groups? If it was directly democratic, would the highlanders feel politically impotent compared to the more populous lowlanders? How far would the river people go to enforce their vision of water management on the culturally distinct stream tenders? |
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| ==== Biomes and Hardiness Zones ==== | ==== Biomes and Hardiness Zones ==== |
