46. Looking At Countries Sharing Borders
When you look at a map, you can see which countries share borders right away. But The Topologist’s Map of the World shows things from a slightly different point of view. The Topologist’s Map is a different way to look at the world than a normal map because it sorts countries by whether or not their borders touch other countries on the same continent.
46 Looking At Countries Sharing Borders
A line splits each continent, and the little curved rectangles around the continents show the islands that are not right next to the continents but are in the same general area. This map is pretty easy to understand in terms of how it is put together. However, one of its flaws is that landmasses are not shown at the correct size. This is just a different way of looking at how things work.
47. America Having 250,000 Rivers
Countries with a lot of water resources can irrigate agricultural land, give their people clean water, and even sell water as a commodity. The United States of America is lucky to have a lot of rivers. It has over 3.5 million miles of land crossed by 250,000 rivers.
47 America Having 250 000 Rivers
No matter which way you look, it looks like a river or stream is running through the area. Because there are so many rivers in the continental United States, it shouldn’t be too surprising that one of them is longer than 2,540 miles. The Missouri River won the contest to find out which river in the United States of America goes the farthest.
