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From Daniel Huffman, An Atlas of North American Rivers<\/em> (2020), Plate 7: Upper St. Lawrence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Add An Atlas of North American Rivers<\/em><\/a> to the list of Daniel Huffman\u2019s long-unfinished projects that suddenly got finished lately. It\u2019s a 48-page PDF of diagrammatic maps of North American river systems, from Alaska to Guatemala. The PDF can be downloaded here<\/a>; if there\u2019s interest he\u2019ll do a hardcopy version, and, of course, prints are available for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously: Landforms of Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Add An Atlas of North American Rivers to the list of Daniel Huffman\u2019s long-unfinished projects that suddenly got finished lately. It\u2019s a 48-page PDF of diagrammatic maps of North American river systems, from Alaska to… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1256],"tags":[555,621],"class_list":["post-1788744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-hydrology","tag-north-america","tag-rivers","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844865,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/eclipse-atlas-launches\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788744,"position":0},"title":"Eclipse Atlas Launches","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 August 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Eclipse Atlas (screenshot) Eclipse Atlas is the third iteration of Michael Zeiler\u2019s solar eclipse map websites. 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