I have examined the map that you linked below as well as the aerial photos, and
I do not think you are mistaken. I estimate that between two and three acres of
South Carolina drain into the Gulf of Mexico.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Asia-Europe
> thanx very much
> & i enjoyed both your trivia questions du jour too
> in message 13491
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> indeed for me they sufficed to redeem this entire latest episode
> of continentality
> hahaha
> especially if my guesses of new york & south carolina are right
>
> i still have my doubts tho about not being able to pee from the
> latter to the gulf of mexico
> as there apparently is a small corner of south carolina which you
> can see here just southwest of the ellicott rock
> rising to elevation 3200 feet
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=35.0853&lon=-82.7845&
> datum=nad83
> where the blue ridge is entirely within south carolina
> & thus drains north & east of the ellicott rock into the french
> broad river basin
> which then causes this pee to do an improbable about face
> across the blue ridge & smokies & into the tennessee &
> mississippi valleys etc
>
> unless i am mistaken
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> still checking tho
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> but yikes
> maybe that wasnt your intended correct answer anyway
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "adamnvillani"
> <avillani@u...> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > nor does anyone probably recall my exhaustive objective
> > > analysis in message 413
> > > of the worlds 104 largest continents
> > > & of which countries own them
> > > & particularly of which country owns the most of them
> > >
> > > hint
> > > as the number of continents rises to 8 & then 16 & 32 & 64
> etc
> > > australia is soon overtaken by indonesia
> > > but both are finally overwhelmed by a third country
> > > which shall remain nameless so as not to spoil the fun of
> > > guessing which country is objectively the most
> multicontinental
> > > in the world
> >
> > I guessed correctly. That's a great list, but you can drop Timor
> from
> > Indonesia's control now.
> >
> > Adam
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