GRAIN GUY FIFTY BLOG

How a Handful of Rivers Feed the World Part 1 — Why Only a Handful of Rivers Matter When folks ask how many rivers there are in the world, they expect a clean number. The truth is we do not really know. It depends on what you choose to call a river instead of a creek or a stream. Some sources talk about thousands of named rivers. Others say there are tens of thousands if you count the smaller and seasonal channels that have local names. Even when you narrow it down to what th