Talk:Casiquiare canal

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That's a nice suggestion, but I would guess this place is pretty far away from any large concentration of Wikipedians. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.4.17.112 (talk • contribs) .

You don't need a "large concentration" to take a picture; you only need one person with a digital camera. —Keenan Pepper 15:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question about opening paragraph[edit]

I am confused about the opening paragraph. It says:

"it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems; it is the largest river on the planet that links two major river systems, a so called bifurcation"

If it is a unique natural canal, what is gained by saying it is the "largest" river that links two systems? If there are any others then in what sense is the Casiquiare unique? Molinari 06:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

elevation not known[edit]

The actual elevation of the canal above sea-level is not known--
Because it is on the dark side of the earth where there is no satellite mapping. Jidanni (talk) 02:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Editting the one space indentation.)Mmcannis (talk) 03:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

Casiquiare canal and Casiquiare canal-Orinoco River hydrographic divide seem to have a ton in common, and Casiquiare canal-Orinoco River hydrographic divide is orphaned. Suggest merging. Awickert (talk) 08:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it. Kmusser (talk) 17:54, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Island?[edit]

So, does this basically mean that the entire area between the Orinoco and the Amazon is actually a huge natural island? --98.210.210.193 (talk) 10:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is, unless you specifically adapt the definition of island to exclude it. See Divided islands too. 82.210.112.78 (talk) 14:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Technically it is. But for whatever reason, it's conventionally not treated as an island. Several similar examples in North America (see River bifurcation and Bifurcation lake) are also ignored for the purpose of determining islands. At a guess, it's because the conventional idea of an "island" is either a sea island/or delta island, surrounded by water at the same elevation (see level), or a river island that's part of the same river system. Incidentally, I've heard people calling for Greenland and Antarctica to be considered archipelagos, because parts of them are below sea-level and separated by water. However as the water is ice, we generally treat them as single entities. "Island" isn't really a scientific term, any more than "continent." —Quintucket (talk) 16:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Natural canal?[edit]

Can someone explain to me why this river is referred to as a natural canal, when canals are by definition human-made? --oKtosiTe ^talk 18:40, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unintelligible sentence[edit]

"During flood stage, the Casiquiare's main outflow point into the Rio Negro is supplemented by an overflow that is a second, and more minor, entry river bifurcation into the Rio Negro and upstream from its major, common low-water entry confluence with the Rio Negro"

Can anybody understand such a sentence?

--77.227.89.38 (talk) 11:00, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are quite a few confusing and redundant sentences on this page. If I knew more about the subject, I'd consider editing it (heavily).

But the sentence you cite, I believe, means that during floods, a second overflow path to the Rio Negro becomes activated. That second path reaches Rio Negro some distance (an actual distance would be useful) upstream (north, I'd presume) of the Casiquiare's main outlet. Almadenmike (talk) 16:46, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I understood from this sentence also. However, I think the sentence is quite unclear. Boleslaw (talk) 12:03, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious inclusion of river's appearance on the trivia show Jeopardy[edit]

Currently, the article features a section describing the river's appearance in 'popular culture', noting that it appeared as a clue in an April 2022 episode of the trivia game show Jeopardy!. Given that this isn't usually notable enough for inclusion in an article — for example, previous Final Jeopardy answers like H&R Block have no mention of Jeopardy! on their pages — should this section be removed in its entirety? Hdjensofjfnen (tap) 17:29, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that being part of a general knowledge TV gameshow quiz is not notable enough for inclusion here, and I have removed this section. Boleslaw (talk) 12:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]