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    There are several 'violations' regarding the rivers, though most are fairly minor.

    1. A lot of the rivers in the appear to start in the middle of forests or plains, might be better if they started from the mountains.
    2. It appears that one starts in a swamp and flows toward the sea/ocean, not sure that this is possible as swamps are generally lower elevation then the land around them.
    3. Ascension covered the one that splits and merges

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steel General View Post
    * A lot of the rivers in the appear to start in the middle of forests or plains, might be better if they started from the mountains.
    This shouldn't actually be a violation.
    a) Forests and plains are perfectly capable of being somewhat elevated, with perhaps a smaller slope.
    a2)Afterthought here. I know of at least one river that originates in near-desert on the east side of the Cascades. The artesian spring that feeds that river originates from water that went under an aquiclude somewhere in the rainy west side of the Cascade mountains and only sprayed out when ground level went below the water-resistant stratum.
    b) While mountain ridges can denote the divides between drainage basins, it is possible that water flow only concentrated enough to be considered a true river farther down the basin.
    b2)Depending on the scale, it could be that only very major rivers with a great deal of accumulated flow are being represented.

    * It appears that one starts in a swamp and flows toward the sea/ocean, not sure that this is possible as swamps are generally lower elevation then the land around them.
    Actually there are a lot of swamps, marshes and bogs at high elevation, even in the mountains. Obviously no tidal estuaries or anything, but basically anywhere that drainage is less effective than the inflow of water can be a swamp. This can be flat areas, remnants of old lakes filled in with sediment or possibly springs that come up through mucky sediment to a fairly low-gradient surface. Eventually enough water builds up in the swampy area to feed a new river. Also rivers frequently have swampy along their flood plains. This isn't seen so much anymore, but that is an anthropogenic influence.

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