Professor Hans-Henrik Stolum calculated the ratio between the actual length of rivers from the source to mouth and their direct length as the crow flies. The average ratio is 3.14, or pi. It's most commonly found for rivers flowing across very gently sloping plains, such as in Brazil or Siberia. Weird, eh?
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