Concerning your lakes, I'm not a expert, but I think there are many explanations. A natural basin where all the nearby rivers are pouring is the best explanation, and this basin could have been the result of an now-disappeared icy cap, erosion of a soil more fragile than the surrounding lands, and probably other reasons (the opening of a rift is creating a series of long lakes, like in eastern africa).
This other version of the coasts is not that bad, but I indeed prefer the first one.
Mmmmm,,, I think indeed the bassin is the best option and it seems like my first map was indeed quite logical then! Greati thanks!
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Okay I will go with the icecap that lowered the ground, that will do great! I suppose I should also have a mountain chain north and west to force the water even more to flow inland before going out.
And I have to redraw it cause the one I was working on I accidently stained it with blood -.- (i had to cut myself with a broom AND DON'T ASK ME HOW I DID IT)
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What we draw and what we write is part of us.
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Gahahahaha!! Guess I need to bring that thread up again! On the six map open for critics its going too much in climates so I decided to return here.
*bangs his head against the wall* Lesson number 1 for idiots like me who draw HUGE maps and afterwards only question about what to add... Always set up a grid with latitudes and longitudes BEFORE you go overboard...
Gahahaha! Brief explanation of what is going on... On another thread called ''six maps open for critics '', I asked what I should add in a certain region, if some plains or grass lands would fit best. Then I was asked by a fellow cartographer that all that depends on your latitude...
If you read this thread from the start, you can guess that up untill now I only guessed what are the REALLY VAGUE coordonates of an area on the globe of my planet. Which means that for a single continent it can work if its not too big. Hehehe...haha... *bangs his head again* But as you all know I am planning to go further south and even add other continents. Weeheee!! I might say that I have been lucky so far, that my maps have a certain realism, but I can't keep on going like that. I need to change my approach to cartography.
I need help. How should I approach climates if I go for a whole continent? Should I set up a latitude and longitude grid so I can have some points of comparison with our planet and therefore be able to judge what climate would be there by looking at our world? Should I only use latitudes and longitudes for a systeme of coordonates and go for see current and winds to explain climates?
Okay, simply put *bangs his head a third time* what are the variables I should take in account in order to have a logical and coherent climate setup for a whole planet and not just a continent? Maybe I should buy a book on earth's climates....
We all wish to create, but do we really create?
What we draw and what we write is part of us.
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