National Geographic puts McGill hydrographer on the map

National Geographic puts McGill hydrographer on the map Bernhard Lehner's one-of-a-kind global rivers map to be included in April issue of magazine Bernhard Lehner, Dept. of Geography at McGill University, is a hydrographer whose work has literally just gone global. Fusing the fields of hydrology and cartography, a one-of-a-kind map of the world's rivers he created will be included as a pull-out in the April 2010 "Fresh Water" Issue of National Geographic - the iconic magazine that's read in 32 languages by more than 8 million people every month. "I really like that this scientific product will get such broad attention," said Lehner. "It confirms that geography contributes to issues that the public is interested in. That it's important beyond academia." He added: "National Geographic usually produces very colourful maps. This one's nearly monochromatic.