Talk:Watersheds of North America

Confounding and no definition?

This is an ill-advised and confounding article. The article title doesn't define its subject; the lead sentence only says it includes some things, like saying mathematics includes geometry, algebra and trigonometry. Nominally, my local Whitewater River watershed is a watershed of North America (if it isn't, where is it a watershed of?). Not only that, watershed often or usually means a divide, not a basin, so the article might more clearly be named, Drainage basins of North America. But we already have an article/section on ocean drainage basins (see tag). This article is 2 sentences, 87 words and untouched since 2011. It's less than a dictionary definition. Unless or until there's article length text (~3-5 good paragraphs, I say merge it.

I also note that this article was created in its entirety by User:Hike796 who does not even have a user page, and has created numerous spurious articles and categories related to watersheds. He was once blocked for disruptive activity.

Elsewhere, we enumerate 6 continental divides defining 7 primary watersheds of North America:

• Atlantic seaboard watershed
• Arctic watershed
• Hudson Bay watershed
• Gulf of Mexico watershed
• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed
• Pacific watershed
• Great Basin endorheic watershed

There's also several major endorheic basins, like Great Divide Basin and Lake Okeechobee which is/was naturally endorheic, but is now a split watershed. There is also sometimes named a Gulf of California watershed. Sbalfour (talk) 17:42, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

I've substantially rewritten and enlarged the article. It's now passable, and has clearly defined sections for further expansion. Merging might overflow the other article. Sbalfour (talk) 00:07, 28 February 2019 (UTC)