River Headwaters/mouths/confluences

[+silverquill]

Places > Natural Places > River Headwaters/Mouths/Confluences

 

This Waymark category would help map and rivers of the world and provide a great way to see some of the beautiful country. There are three types of waymarks for any river:

 

Using the Connecticut River as an example

 

>> Headwaters - the orgin of the river: Fourth Connecticut Lake in extreme Northern, NH

>> Mouth - the termination of a river whether into an ocean, lake, or other river: Upper Long Island Sound near Old Saybrook, CT

>> Confluences - rivers and streams that flow into the river: Sugar River at Claremont, NH

 

Although these could be sub-categories, in a sense, they logically belong together so it would be a multiple waymark system. Each river would have a waymark for its headwaters, its mouth, and waymarks for any confluences along its course. These could be submitted by the same or different persons, to document the entire river.

[+StagsRoar]

I'll 2nd this one - I like the idea!