River Side Fantasy map 1.0

simple rule for rivers.

They don't split. Ever. They merge, sure, but never split.

Other than that this is very flat and kind of boring. I could do this in 4 minutes.

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[quote]simple rule for rivers.
They don't split. Ever. They merge, sure, but never split.[/quote]

You're sure about that? Because the [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=amazon+delta&ll=-0.697615,-50.136108&spn=4.168086,4.938354&hnear=Amazon+Delta&gl=us&t=h&z=8"]amazon[/url], [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=nile+delta&hl=en&sll=-0.697615,-50.136108&sspn=4.168086,4.938354&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Nile+Delta&z=8"]nile[/url], [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=indus+delta&hl=en&sll=30.955272,31.048303&sspn=3.575059,4.938354&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Indus+Delta&z=9"]indus[/url], and [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ganges+delta&hl=en&sll=24.414649,67.819206&sspn=1.898154,2.469177&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Ganges+Delta&z=8"]ganges[/url] all have rather impressive deltas...

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simple rule for rivers.
They don't split. Ever. They merge, sure, but never split.

You're sure about that? Because the [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=amazon+delta&ll=-0.697615,-50.136108&spn=4.168086,4.938354&hnear=Amazon+Delta&gl=us&t=h&z=8"]amazon[/url], [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=nile+delta&hl=en&sll=-0.697615,-50.136108&sspn=4.168086,4.938354&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Nile+Delta&z=8"]nile[/url], [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=indus+delta&hl=en&sll=30.955272,31.048303&sspn=3.575059,4.938354&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Indus+Delta&z=9"]indus[/url], and [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ganges+delta&hl=en&sll=24.414649,67.819206&sspn=1.898154,2.469177&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Ganges+Delta&z=8"]ganges[/url] all have rather impressive deltas...
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Very true, and to add:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_bifurcation

The Orinoco in South America even splits to have some of its water flow into the Amazon almost 800 miles upstream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiquiare_canal

yes, this is a delta isn't it.

This is totes a delta.

I know that deltas and flooding are exceptions to the rule. With Burifications it did note that they were NOT permanent if not man made (though they could last a long time)

And that last one is just weird Although it's most prominent during [u]floods[/u] which are an exception.

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Jeeze, it's just a simple rule to go by when making rivers. If it does split (upstream) then it's the MAIN feature and is super duper rare. Deltas are exceptions.

I think what was meant here by Bigro is that these features aren't very natural and don't seem to follow any rules of geography/weathering; they're just sort of randomly carved out waterways with no real thought or research behind them.

Of course, this is a game, so I suppose that doesn't matter so much. That said, this map isn't terribly impressive I'm afraid.

I can't make the map playable,the only SC4Terraformer links I can find are broke.

I know the map isn't very great, but this is like development stage, so any requests will be accepted. And as a reply to the rivers splitting, this is not supposed to be natural at all. It is a fantasy map, so it doesn't follow any rules. I've been adding hills around the main river and will update this soonish (not much time )
And I will include a link to SC4Terraformer in the description