River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up

Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by dvt on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:11PM (#27298936)

This is amazing, outstanding project! Interestingly, I got it "stuck" when I clicked somewhere random in California (Pope Valley, apparently): https://i.imgur.com/deOsIt2.png

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by mannykannot on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:44AM (#27302371)

The path, having almost reached the mouth of the Sacramento River, seems to have been captured by the very artificial Mallard Reservoir in Concord, Contra Costa. As to be expected, it seems that anything draining into the Sacramento will do the same.

https://goo.gl/maps/s9Gep775ZLDgddzz7

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by truculent on Thursday May 27, 2021 @07:41AM (#27301809)

Is that within The Great Basin[^1]?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watersheds_of_North_America

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by samlearner on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:42PM (#27308926)

This should be fixed now!

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by jacquesm on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:25AM (#27300895)

Is there a lake there in real life?

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