Comments on: The 3 Natural Laws Of Rivers

By: Cody

Cody — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:10:50 +0000

In fact, it is an entire classification: endorheic lakes. A good example is one of the oldest lakes on planet Earth, Mono Lake in California. There are many more. Wiki has an article on this, actually.

In addition, underground rivers exist. I seem to recall (but this is incredibly vague as it was so long ago that I was there) that there is one in Death Valley (and not connected to the ocean).

Good website.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:00:26 +0000

Interesting article. As other commentors have said, never say never as far as nature is concerned. I often watch survivalist shows when researching extreme environments…normally one would follow a river downstream to find civilization, because rivers usually get larger and stronger the further downstream you go. Apparantly this is not always the case on the savannah. If you try and follow a little creek DOWNstream, you may find yourself in a bind when your little stream suddenly dissapears and becomes nothing more than a dry waterbed, or plunges into the ground. I do believe the size of thestream may have something to do with it, especially during the dry season.

Please feel free to research this interesting detail yourself of course. 🙂

By: Becka

Becka — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:09:45 +0000

The Tärendö River in Sweden is another example of a distributary that links two rivers. It’s a phenomenon called River Bifurcation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_bifurcation

And yes you can get a lake with two exits as well – that’s called a Bifurcation Lake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifurcation_lake

By: Jerron

Jerron — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:47:25 +0000

In reply to Nathan Smith.

And there are even Rivers who don’t flow in just one direction! The Rio Casiquiare in Venezuela ends in both the rivers Rio Negro and Orinoco.

On my world I even have a huge delta that makes the river Kalenach end in two oceans!
As long as you don’t stuff your world with too many crazy exceptions it’s fine. Otherwise exotic becomes the new normal 😉

By: Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:29:28 +0000

In reply to Jerron.

Hey Jerron,

I hadn’t seen these exceptions before so good find with them and thank you for sharing. As you say “never say never with nature” as she does love to break her own rules. I’ll go and have a good gander at these different delta’s and lakes, then I’ll update the article to reflect that sometimes rivers do end in lakes. 🙂

Thank you for sharing and I hope you’re having a good week?

All the best,
Nate

By: Jerron

Jerron — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:37:53 +0000

Oh my… Part 3 is full of errors. Never say never when it comes to the strange ways nature is working.
There are rivers that don’t end in the ocean, the most famous of those is the Okavango Delta in the desert of Botswana.
And concerning rivers that end in a lake – ever heard about the Europe’s largest stream, the Volga, which ends, like many others, in the Caspian Sea, wich despite its name is a lake. A very large and salty one, but still a lake (who doesn’t really care if it’s poisonous to drink from). Or the rivers Amy Darya and Syr Darya wich would end in the Aral Sea (another lake) if it wasn’t for extensive human use for irrigation purposes.