RainOfSteel
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I was just reading GTD, page 84, reading the description of Frieden, I come across mention that the currently settlers are in a city on the shores of the only ocean of any size.
I look up at the UWP and see the Hydrographics are 2.
At this point, a number of things begin clicking into place.
The UWP Size is 7, or almost Earth-size. Yes, only 20% of the coverage (unknown depth and volume) is liquid.
The UWP Atmosphere is 9, Dense Tainted.
Is a "dense" atmosphere capable of retaining a greater degree of humidity than a standard atmosphere?
Since a body of water as large as the Mediterranean completely evaporated in the past when cut off from the oceans, even though major rivers drained into it and it received rainfall (and the rest of the world still has its giant oceans), then wouldn't a small ocean covering only 20% of the surface (with an Atmosphere that might be capable of carrying a far heavier load of water than on Earth) evaporate? After all, any evaporate water will wind up diffusing through the Atmosphere, with any precipitation coming down anywhere, including drainage areas not returning to the ocean.
I don't know, I just get the impression that such an ocean's water would wind up getting dispersed across the world. Or, better yet, if dispersion is acting like this, how could a small ocean form in the first place?
Ok, now time to shoot me down . . .
I look up at the UWP and see the Hydrographics are 2.
At this point, a number of things begin clicking into place.
The UWP Size is 7, or almost Earth-size. Yes, only 20% of the coverage (unknown depth and volume) is liquid.
The UWP Atmosphere is 9, Dense Tainted.
Is a "dense" atmosphere capable of retaining a greater degree of humidity than a standard atmosphere?
Since a body of water as large as the Mediterranean completely evaporated in the past when cut off from the oceans, even though major rivers drained into it and it received rainfall (and the rest of the world still has its giant oceans), then wouldn't a small ocean covering only 20% of the surface (with an Atmosphere that might be capable of carrying a far heavier load of water than on Earth) evaporate? After all, any evaporate water will wind up diffusing through the Atmosphere, with any precipitation coming down anywhere, including drainage areas not returning to the ocean.
I don't know, I just get the impression that such an ocean's water would wind up getting dispersed across the world. Or, better yet, if dispersion is acting like this, how could a small ocean form in the first place?
Ok, now time to shoot me down . . .