River Basins As Countries

Map created by Vivid Maps

The map above is an interesting way to re-imagine the world, using river basins as the borders for countries. From the author:

In this reimagined world, countries are named after their dominant rivers. For example:

• Amazonia (Amazon River)
• Congolia (Congo River)
• Mississippia (Mississippi River)
• Obistan (Ob River)
• Nilotic (Nile River)
• Paranáland (Paraná River)
• Yeniseiland (Yenisei River)
• Lenaria (Lena River)
• Amuria (Amur River)
• Nigerland (Niger River)

River basin spatial data used to create the world maps were obtained from the HydroSHEDS project, initiated in 2006 by the World Wildlife Fund US. The project’s goal is to create free digital data layers to support large-scale hydro-ecological research and applications worldwide.

These would be the 10 biggest by area:

Country Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Current Basin Name
Amazonia	5,888,270	2,273,470	Amazon
Congolia	3,705,240	1,430,600	Congo
Mississippia	3,240,630	1,251,210	Mississippi
Obistan	3,088,720	1,192,560	Ob
Nilotic	3,057,780	1,180,610	Nile
Paranáland	2,646,310	1,021,740	Paraná
Yeniseiland	2,505,680	967,450	Yenisei
Lenaria	2,453,660	947,360	Lena
Amuria	2,238,980	864,470	Amur
Nigerland	2,123,000	819,690	Niger

and these would be the 10 biggest by population:

Country	River Basin	Population
Gangetia	Ganges	752,847,000
Yangzonia	Yangtze	488,390,000
Industan	Indus	240,040,000
Nilotic	Nile	239,592,000
Nigerland	Niger	140,466,000
Congolia	Congo	138,283,000
Huangland	Huang	137,219,000
Duliujianstan	Duliujian	122,545,000
Krishnaland	Krishna	94,072,000
Paranáland	Paraná	93,252,200

You can read the full post here, with lots more maps which also loos at estimated GDP, density, precipitation, temperature and more.