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If a drop of rain fell anywhere in the US you choose, what path would it take to the ocean?\u00a0River Runner will show you<\/a> and it does it with a really awesome 3D view.\u00a0Try it out here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/river-runner.samlearner.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The javascript source lives here<\/a> and uses USGS\u00a0NHDPlus data<\/a>\u00a0and their\u00a0NLDI API<\/a>\u00a0to visualize the path of a rain droplet from any point in the contiguous United States to its end point (usually the ocean, sometimes the Great Lakes, Canada\/Mexico, or another inland water feature). It’ll find the closest river\/stream flowline coordinate to a click\/search and then animate along that flowline’s downstream path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If a drop of rain fell anywhere in the US you choose, what path would it take to the ocean?\u00a0River Runner will show you and it does it with a really awesome 3D view.\u00a0Try it out here: https:\/\/river-runner.samlearner.com\/ The javascript source lives here and uses USGS\u00a0NHDPlus data\u00a0and their\u00a0NLDI API\u00a0to visualize the path of a rain droplet from any point in the contiguous United States to its end point (usually the ocean, sometimes the Great Lakes, Canada\/Mexico, or another inland water…<\/p>\n

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