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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 1514148" data-attributes="member: 1264">Kewl! "Go nuts", he says. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Let's start with the eastermost river on the large continent. See how it flows all along the length  of the eastern half of the continent, in between two shorelines? That could only happen if the land between the river and the shorelines to the north and south are *higher* than the river. I.e. you pretty much would have to have mountain chains running aong the N and S coast, with a looong valley in between to channel that river all the way to the E. Given the shape of the continent, it's much more likely that that river would flow out into the N or S ocean closer to the mountain range.Likewise, there's a river that starts in the NW part of the NW-SE mountain chain, but then curves around and flows into the SE sea. See the area wher it curves around and gets very close to the NW sea? That area must be *higher* than any area further downstream the river, which would typically only happen if there were a mountain range between it and the NW shore. More likely, that branch of the river would flow out into the NW sea.Ditto with the bottom-most river flowing out of the central southern mountains... It *almost* flows into the S sea, but then curves back N to the central lake. You should probably either cut off that entire, almost circular loop, or have the river flow into the S sea.How far below sea level is that central lake? You have a number of seas flowing from close to the shore *into* the central lake, implying it may be well below sea level. Overall, the main rule to keep in mind is that water will find the *shortest* way towards the sea. It may also be a good excercise to draw altitude contour lines on your map. That will tell you rightaway whether your rivers make sense. Indicating river basins, separated by hills or mountain ridges, may be a good idea as well. Another trick is simply to take a world atlas, and find landmarks that look similar to yours... can't beat nature when it comes to designing realistic river beds! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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