Talk:List of drainage basins by area
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[edit] Accuracy Issues
Some of the values here CANNOT be correct. For example, since the Volga flows into the Caspian Sea, the basin area of the Caspian Sea can't be LESS than the basin of the Volga. Same problem with the Aral Sea. Since it's primarily these basins that distinguish this list from the list of rivers, this seems like a big problem. Unfortunately, the database I have is missing lots of information in central Asia. Also, we need to find a way to make this list somehow more systematic. Citynoise 04:21, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think I've fixed the problems with the endorheic basins; it looks like there was confusion between metric and imperial units. Citynoise 19:15, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Old
Rmherman, according to the page title, this is a list of river drainage basins, not of rivers. In this context, the term river is superflous. The page title really should be List of drainage basins as that is all that is required to indicate what we mean. The "river" just makes it a bit easier for the casual reader to grasp what the topic is about. Note that the only possible alternative — List of rivers — is a different topic which is covered elsewhere — and which, one assumes, is interested in length rather than the area of the basin. The Lake Chad basin, in other words, belongs here.
Mr Anon: you are doing good work here, but please do not keep removing valid information. This is against Wikipedia policy. Add, but don't remove unless the information is invalid. If it is invalid, explain your reasons so that other editors can understand and not revert you. Note also that the two drainage basins you removed, unlike the majority of basins listed here, actually have articles about them. Tannin 10:23, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, precisely. This is a list of river drainage basins - that is the area drained by a particular river. Not the list of drainage basins which would also be a valid and useful list. Both of the lakes I removed are fed by multiple rivers, each of which has its own drainage basin as does the lake as a whole. By your logic, I will have to remove the Mississippi because it doesn't list the drainage area of every river that flows into the Gulf of Mexico - or the Amazon and the Mississippi because they don't list the total of all rivers flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Rmhermen 12:26, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)
By [i]your[/i] logic, you would have to list the Murray and the Darling seperately. And the Mitta Mitta, and the Golburn, and the Macquarie, and the Campaspie, and all the other tributaties too! That would be crazy. The concept of a drainage basin is well-established, logical, and well understood. Please don't pervert it with this spurious argument. If it will make you happy, I'll rename the page. Tannin 15:40, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] X River
Do we have to have Amazon River, Nile River, and ugh Danube River (just glad nothing in the UK is big enough to be here) I wouldn't suggest the opposite way round be used (River Amazon, River Nile, River Danube - but most of these you'd rarely see 'River' with them. Morwen - Talk 12:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Depends on what country you're from. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers for more on this. Rmhermen 16:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, I know the usage depends upon what country (I refer to this in the note)! I'm suggesting the 'River' be outright removed in this list: I see no reason for it. Morwen - Talk 09:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Except that this isn't a list of only rivers- some of the entries are lakes. Rmhermen 14:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I know the usage depends upon what country (I refer to this in the note)! I'm suggesting the 'River' be outright removed in this list: I see no reason for it. Morwen - Talk 09:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
