Line thickness & shade map Strahler stream order, which is a measure of how many streams merge into a given channel. Highest order are small headwater creeks, while largest are the great rivers of the world (i.e., Amazon, Congo, Nile). Lakes are a consistent light blue.
Tools: QGIS and R
Sources: HydroRIVERS/HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS).
polomarkopolo on
Looks cool. No clue what the Strahler Stream Order is but I assume that it’s based on water flow?
the_amatuer_ on
Looks good, but as an Australian, many of those ‘rivers’ do not flow generally. They are channels that carry water once or twice a decade.
![[OC] Rivers and Lakes of the World by Strahler Stream Order](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wzq374vdwvxf1-1536x801.jpeg "[OC] Rivers and Lakes of the World by Strahler Stream Order")
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Line thickness & shade map Strahler stream order, which is a measure of how many streams merge into a given channel. Highest order are small headwater creeks, while largest are the great rivers of the world (i.e., Amazon, Congo, Nile). Lakes are a consistent light blue.
Tools: QGIS and R
Sources: HydroRIVERS/HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS).
Looks cool. No clue what the Strahler Stream Order is but I assume that it’s based on water flow?
Looks good, but as an Australian, many of those ‘rivers’ do not flow generally. They are channels that carry water once or twice a decade.