The data source is Hydrosheds GLORIC. I used GDAL, geopandas and rasterio for data processing and plotted the map using matplotlib / rasterio.
Wow, amazing visualization! I’m always impressed how large and diverse Africa is.
now that actually is beautiful data!
Looks like an agate, gorgeous. It’s where we all came from.
Good idea. Reduce the color range and it will easier to read.
If you can add Fahrenheit on the top of the temp scale, it would be a plus
The Nile cools down as it flows? Evaporative cooling? I only know mountain rivers that warm as they run down to plains. So that’s quite surprising to me.
Surprised to see the Northern Africa temps that low given my perceived idea on the climate there.
small correction for the future: Celsius, not celcius
Impressive how you can see the nile river very highlighted, the “blank” sahara without rivers, and how central parts are extremely hot.
There might be a correlation on how southern, nothern and eastern africa are more stable than central or west africa. The agriculture is probably bad in central or western africa because of the hot temperature and harsh conditions, compared to southern/eastern africa
Why min temp? Why not average/median/typical? Just curious
![Minimum River Temperatures in Africa [OC]](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/e4tgcb08thqe1-1920x1024.png)
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The data source is Hydrosheds GLORIC. I used GDAL, geopandas and rasterio for data processing and plotted the map using matplotlib / rasterio.
Wow, amazing visualization! I’m always impressed how large and diverse Africa is.
now that actually is beautiful data!
Looks like an agate, gorgeous. It’s where we all came from.
Good idea. Reduce the color range and it will easier to read.
If you can add Fahrenheit on the top of the temp scale, it would be a plus
The Nile cools down as it flows? Evaporative cooling? I only know mountain rivers that warm as they run down to plains. So that’s quite surprising to me.
Surprised to see the Northern Africa temps that low given my perceived idea on the climate there.
small correction for the future: Celsius, not celcius
Impressive how you can see the nile river very highlighted, the “blank” sahara without rivers, and how central parts are extremely hot.
There might be a correlation on how southern, nothern and eastern africa are more stable than central or west africa. The agriculture is probably bad in central or western africa because of the hot temperature and harsh conditions, compared to southern/eastern africa
Why min temp? Why not average/median/typical? Just curious
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