Heart River is a river that forms the shape of a heart [Amazing Photo of the Day]

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   kevbo January 2, 2013 at 9:34 AM (comment permalink) -

   Not real.

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   Ashraf January 2, 2013 at 9:41 AM (comment permalink) -

   Mr. Boss

   @kevbo: Really? :-(

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   DrTszap January 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM (comment permalink) -

   ‘Fraid so 8-(

   From https://plus.google.com/102679111540717383584/posts/1a7VpfC3zB1:

   “G+ Hoaxes #5 | Heart River

   The image is not a real aerial photo. It was created for Energie AG by Andreas Fitzner and Sabine Wehinger from the Vienna Paint digital studio.

   See the HD image ? goo.gl/koAhO
   Source ? viennapaint.com/work/archive.php (see: 3D > Photo 14)”

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   Ashraf January 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM (comment permalink) -

   Mr. Boss

   @DrTszap: Dang :-(

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   JonE January 2, 2013 at 10:53 AM (comment permalink) -

   Guess that answers that question; I tried to verify the validity of this photo myself, but could not.

   However; the Heart River is indeed a tributary of the Missouri River in Western North Dakota. Why is it called Heart River? Umm, sorry; don’t know. You’d have to ask Louis & Clark. Maybe it’s because on it’s journey it flows through South Heart, but I really don’t know. Also it is classified as a stream, not a river.

   There is also a Heart River in Wyoming and Alberta Canada. I did find some evidence that there may be some real heart shaped water ways in the Amazon, but that’s all I have time for today.

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   jayesstee January 2, 2013 at 11:52 AM (comment permalink) -

   @Ashraf: New category for dotTech: “[Hoax of the day]“?

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   Fredxyz987 January 2, 2013 at 5:15 PM (comment permalink) -

   “The Missouri River is the longest river in the United States…”

   Gosh, and I always thunked it twas da Mississippi:)

   Happy New Year!

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   kevbo January 3, 2013 at 5:51 AM (comment permalink) -

   @Fredxyz987:
   Interestingly enough, although the Missouri is the LONGEST river in the US, the Mississippi is the LARGEST river, a combined calculation of its length, watershed area, and average discharge at its mouth; on these combined criteria it dwarfs the Missouri by comparison and is considered to be one of the LARGEST, albeit not the longest, rivers in the world.

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   Eric989 January 3, 2013 at 8:02 AM (comment permalink) -

   @Fredxyz987: I remember when this issue came up in sixth grade as two of our textbooks disagreed with each other on which was longest. Our teacher wrote the publisher asking for an explanation. If I remember correctly, at the time there was some dispute over where the Missouri River actually started and ended and depending on the starting and ending positions it swapped places with the Mississippi. Anyway, it was something like that.
   @kevbo: Obviously since the Missouri empties all of its water into the Mississippi, the Mississippi would have to have more water discharge. Although, there may be some bizarre scenario where that wouldn’t always be true.

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