David Scheidt wrote:
On 4/9/06, Emily Smirle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eric Funk wrote:
If it is a really slow river (will be at 20mi wide), then you can use
some muscle, such as poles.
I have absolutely no clue if 20 mi wide makes sense. My experience with
rivers is terribly limited; I'm used to craploads of little lakes and
things, not serious waterways. :/
Does 20 mi make ANY sense at all?
Well, if it's a slow moving big river (think the amazon), it might,
particularly in flood season. And for the esturary where it flows
into whatever it flows into, 20 miles is small for a river that drains
a substantial fraction of a continent. (I don't know if this river
does or not, I don't know anything about Yrth)
I think I've made a booboo. I got the direction of flow of the Smoke and
the Conn backward :/ Well, that'll make travel easier - if nothing else,
just let the barge float downstream.
The Smoke is about 650 miles long, give or take, and feeds into the
Conn. The Conn, upstream of the mouth of the Smoke, is approximately the
same length, and fed by at least one other river large enough to show on
the map. The Conn is sourced in the Bronze Mountains in the north, and
could be pretty swift, at least in its earlier sections and wherever a
river straight south from the mountains joins up.
The Smoke travels roughly northeast the aforementioned 650 miles,
passing a smaller mountain range, and seems to be The Big River draining
an area of roughly 151500 square miles (not counting the mountains) with
a climate comparable to England. My perception of "substantial fraction
of a continent" is probably skewed, as I'm canadian and used to really
big areas.
I'm sure there are a lot of littler rivers going into both the Smoke and
the Conn, but they're more or less below the scale of the map as presented.
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