http://gizmodo.com/a-map-showing-the...ear-1742770066
Okay, I wanna make sure I understood what i was looking at - and no, I don't have time to read up (unless it is about insurance... ) I'm assuming the white areas are where little or no data exists (why dig wells in Greenland, anyway?) but what really puzzles me is the mountain ranges. According to the legend, the darker the color, the deeper the water would be if it were on the surface. So, virtually all the darkest areas correspond to mountain ranges ( Passed geography, thank you very much). I'm guessing it assumes a sea level pool but still, the mountains seem to hold the most ground water which strikes me as counter intuitive. Wouldn't water tend to head for the valleys/adjacent plains?
Okay, I wanna make sure I understood what i was looking at - and no, I don't have time to read up (unless it is about insurance... ) I'm assuming the white areas are where little or no data exists (why dig wells in Greenland, anyway?) but what really puzzles me is the mountain ranges. According to the legend, the darker the color, the deeper the water would be if it were on the surface. So, virtually all the darkest areas correspond to mountain ranges ( Passed geography, thank you very much). I'm guessing it assumes a sea level pool but still, the mountains seem to hold the most ground water which strikes me as counter intuitive. Wouldn't water tend to head for the valleys/adjacent plains?
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