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GAP for gimp deviantart8/19/2023 These aren't deserts, but they are also not characterized by many rivers. Humans (and presumably other culture-using species) are very good at adapting to their environment and also at adapting the environment to themselves.įor examples of the kinds of cultures that will grow up in a land with few rivers, consider the steppes of Asia and the Great Plains of America, west of the Mississippi. That's not going to be a 100% thing, of course. Without a source for irrigation, agriculture is likely to be a supplementary subsistence activity rather than a primary one. Semi-arid areas that don't show much in the way of major rivers are likely to support more pastoralist cultures rather than farming ones. ![]() The spots where the lowlands are closest to the ridges are going to be valleys, which will be likely to collect rain and snow, and thus form rivers. Likewise, there are a couple flowing from the "point" of a mountain range rather than the "pocket," if that makes sense. I would expect it to flow away from the ridgeline first before turning southward, unless it's running in a canyon that isn't obvious from the low resolution of the height data. ![]() The westernmost that has its headwaters at a latitude around -15, for instance. There are also a couple that appear to be running parallel to the slope of a mountain rather than flowing on downhill.
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