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Re: US coast to coast by water? <fwd>
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Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
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Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:17:10 -0500
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:55:51 -0600
From: Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: US coast to coast by water? <fwd>
Sender: Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>



>possible to navigate the continental US coast to coast by water, in
>any way possible

I thought this question was settled definitively by Lewis and Clark in 1805.

The answer is no.  There's something called the Rocky Mountains that
forms a Continental Divide from north to south through most of North
America.

But a more intriguing question for my fellow geodweebs:  Assuming
maximum springtime streamflows and small canoes, where would the
easiest portage be?  Sweetwater River to Big Sandy River in Wyoming?
Between the Rios Puercos of New Mexico?
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