Timeline for How could I logically place cities and towns on my map?
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| Jul 15, 2022 at 2:30 | comment | added | Dave X | @Willk I think Lake Superior etc. drain to the sea--I think the residence time is on the order of 200 years. I intended to lend support to your Fresh Water criteria, but I am overstated the non-freshness of the rivers. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 21:14 | comment | added | Willk | @DaveX /The rivers and lakes that don't drain to the sea won't be fresh water./ Lake Superior and its big friends might take umbrage at that statement. I believe you are thinking of endorheic lakes and their freshness depends on where they are as regards shrinking / growing. Mono lake used to be bigger and fresher. It got salty and smaller as it got old, same as me. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 18:04 | comment | added | levininja | I would add to this that boom towns are likely to happen in mountainous areas where mines are typically discovered. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 17:14 | comment | added | Dave X | The rivers and lakes that don't drain to the sea won't be fresh water. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 5:03 | vote | accept | HomegrownPotatoes | ||
| Jul 14, 2022 at 5:03 | vote | accept | HomegrownPotatoes | ||
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| Jul 14, 2022 at 1:19 | comment | added | lonstar | You also look at where your resources were, and maybe put some towns there. Plus put towns at a reasonable days journey from those resource areas on the way to dropping off gifts for trade. That should give you a pretty good set of cities and towns to start with. Remember the more difficult to get to, the smaller the town will be. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 1:15 | comment | added | lonstar | also remember the fall line. The fall line is the highest upstream navigable point of your rivers. If you look at the map of the eastern United States, cities like Richmond and Philadelphia are on the fall line. Compare your elevation to your rivers at the farthest point upstream where a boat could reasonably sail. That’s where trade would come to drop off goods and towns would grow there. See education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/fall-line | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 18:17 | comment | added | Willk | @HomegrownPotatoes - Paris had better hope boats can go upstream! My understanding is that boats were towed upstream by men/animals on shore or pushed upstream by men with poles - good picture of the latter here: pittsburgh-port-to-the-west.com/keelboats.html | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 18:09 | comment | added | HomegrownPotatoes | I have a question, not a large one but somewhat related to your answer but it’s not about worldbuilding. Can trade vessels of medieval times or merchants utilize rivers for trade to a location up stream or is the river only useful when your riding with the current? | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 17:20 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |