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Balor01
2011-01-02, 08:26 AM
This is a world map I made (lower half consists of rainforest), but I have no idea where to place rivers in order to make them look realistic. Could anyone, familiar with maps please draw a few rivers where it would be logical for them to flow? As said, lower 50% of the map are covered in jungle and subject to lots of rain ...
tnx :smallbiggrin:
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hamishspence
2011-01-02, 09:05 AM
This article by The Giant:
http://www.giantitp.com/articles/xO3dVM8EDKJPlKxmVoG.html
has a few recommendations- rivers should flow from the mountains to the sea- and multiple minor rivers should lead into one big river.
Balor01
2011-01-02, 09:21 AM
Awesome. Just what I need. tnx
Look back in here in about 10 minutes. I'll make you a few suggestions.
I made them red for better visibility.
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8861/riverss.png
As a rule of thub, rivers start in the mountains and head down to the next ocean, while finding a path that takes them as far away from any other mountains as possible. Your map only shows three levels of elevation (flar, low mountain, high mountain), but obviously, a river alway only flows down and never up.
Balor01
2011-01-02, 09:40 AM
@Yora
Lovely. I will use your map, I am just wondering regarding lower half of the map. There is suppose to be lots of rain there. Should that not mean a lot of rivers/lakes, even if these are flatlands?
Probably. But without any indication for mountains or hills they could run anywhere. When the terrain is relatively flat, the water isn't channeled in a particular direction, so it's common that rivers make lots of changes in direction.
Like this:
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000eGm25vcKfAE/s
I think there are far too many rivers indicated in red on that map. You may want to remove some to free up space so it doesn't look cluttered.
A good rule of thumb is to only draw the navigable rivers. That is, ones that you can sail a ship up.
That depends entirely on the scale of the map. If the map covers an area the size of Asia, there should actually be much more.
That depends entirely on the scale of the map. If the map covers an area the size of Asia, there should actually be much more.
Not entirely. What I was saying is that it looks cluttered in some places. What I suggested was just a general rule which helps in avoiding that.
Balor01
2011-01-02, 03:09 PM
Cool?
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