Follow-up Comment #2, bug #22296 (project freeciv):
Support for rivers as separate terrain type was dropped long tile ago, but
there was some things not cleaned out until 2.5 (supplied tileset having
unused entries related to this)
I remember wondering why rivers provide no benefit at all in our
URL:
http://gna.org/bugs/?22296
Summary: civ1 rivers lost their trade bonus?
Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: jtn
Submitted on: Wed 09 Jul 2014 03:10:47 BST
Category: rulesets
Severity: 3 - Normal
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #22296 (project freeciv):
That manual seems to imply rivers are a separate terrain type, rather than
being a special resource. Note the commentary about food production and
comparison to grassland. Also see
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ1/refcharts/civ1terchart.htm
