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PSA: River placement matters way more than I thought
I used to just sketch rivers wherever, thinking they were just decoration. But after reading a post on here about drainage basins and watching a video on erosion patterns, I went back to a map I made last month and realized my main river literally flowed uphill in one spot. Now I'm checking elevation lines and watershed logic before I draw a single tributary. Has anyone else nerded out on this and found it changed how they see fantasy maps?
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jamies4522d ago
oh man, I had the exact same awakening except mine was when I was halfway through a D&D campaign and a player pointed out that my "mountain river" was actually just a lake with delusions of grandeur that defied gravity. I spent like three hours that night redrawing the entire region and now I can't look at a map without mentally tracing the drainage basins. it's a curse honestly, like now I can't just slap down a cool looking river without checking if it makes sense and my old maps are all basically random squiggles.
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