Timeline for Designing a river which does not overflow
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| Nov 15, 2018 at 12:27 | comment | added | Baldrickk | @Separatrix it was a comment on why cities on the flood plain are unsurprising, not a denial of the reverse ;) to add to that, the flood plain is usually where the river is slow and wide - also great for shipping goods in and out. | |
| Nov 15, 2018 at 8:12 | comment | added | Separatrix | @Baldrickk, perhaps you'd be surprised how many cities are built in the hills, well out of the flood plain ;) | |
| Nov 13, 2018 at 17:02 | comment | added | Willk | I like option 1. If great fatness is possible, make sure your pants are very very large. | |
| Nov 13, 2018 at 16:41 | comment | added | John | Japan follows the first example, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| Nov 12, 2018 at 17:00 | comment | added | Draco18s no longer trusts SE | 2. Beavers, except when the beaver dam breaks... | |
| Nov 12, 2018 at 14:59 | comment | added | Baldrickk | "you'd be amazed how many cities are built on the main floodplain of their river." - not really, seeing as flood plains are the flattest and most fertile areas availiable to set down roots and start building communities. | |
| Nov 12, 2018 at 10:24 | comment | added | ratchet freak | You can make the residents be the beavers by building those catchment dams upstream (and even use them for power gen depending on terrain) | |
| Nov 12, 2018 at 9:21 | history | edited | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 12, 2018 at 8:52 | history | answered | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |