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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1251058" data-attributes="member: 812">I'll miss the blighter. Snif. Things just won't be the same around here without him.Ferret: Look at lots of maps. Lots and lots and lots of maps. You'll start seeing the patterns, and your homemade maps will start looking more and more realistic.Curved mountain ranges: Um, the Himalayas? Anyone? The Alps? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?What I do when I'm drawing out my maps is start with the big stuff -- mostly the height of the landmasses. Where is it low, where is it high, what are the transitions in between like? Then you just sort of &quot;pour water&quot; on it. See where it flows. Water flows downhill, so your low spots will fill up, become seas or lakes, and the direction of the rivers will be pretty obvious. Then you know where your deserts are going to be, where the best beaches are, and so on.Rivers do flow regularly through mountain ranges, at least out here on the Left Coast. From the Rockies to the Pacific there's just one row of mountain peaks after another, ending finally in the Coast Mountains right on the shore. Major rivers form up in the Rockies (like the Fraser, which I'm looking at right now), wind their way through the rows of peaks (sometimes cutting very deep channels on their way) and eventually reach the ocean.So yeah, rivers can cut across mountain ranges -- though they always find the simplest path. And while in the endless war of water vs. rock, water always wins, the battles are very, very long...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1251058, member: 812"] I'll miss the blighter. Snif. Things just won't be the same around here without him. Ferret: Look at lots of maps. Lots and lots and lots of maps. You'll start seeing the patterns, and your homemade maps will start looking more and more realistic. Curved mountain ranges: Um, the Himalayas? Anyone? The Alps? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? What I do when I'm drawing out my maps is start with the big stuff -- mostly the height of the landmasses. Where is it low, where is it high, what are the transitions in between like? Then you just sort of "pour water" on it. See where it flows. Water flows downhill, so your low spots will fill up, become seas or lakes, and the direction of the rivers will be pretty obvious. Then you know where your deserts are going to be, where the best beaches are, and so on. Rivers do flow regularly through mountain ranges, at least out here on the Left Coast. From the Rockies to the Pacific there's just one row of mountain peaks after another, ending finally in the Coast Mountains right on the shore. Major rivers form up in the Rockies (like the Fraser, which I'm looking at right now), wind their way through the rows of peaks (sometimes cutting very deep channels on their way) and eventually reach the ocean. So yeah, rivers can cut across mountain ranges -- though they always find the simplest path. And while in the endless war of water vs. rock, water always wins, the battles are very, very long... [/QUOTE]

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