Comments on: Landscaping Your World Map https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/ An online resource for building imaginary worlds. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Nathan A Smith https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/#comment-6338 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:39:00 +0000 https://preview.worldbuildingschool.com/?p=578#comment-6338 In reply to LeoBattlerOfSinsX84.

Cheers Leo 🙂

]]> By: LeoBattlerOfSinsX84 https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/#comment-6337 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:59:00 +0000 https://preview.worldbuildingschool.com/?p=578#comment-6337 Great as always.

]]> By: Silverheart https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/#comment-46 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:55:21 +0000 https://preview.worldbuildingschool.com/?p=578#comment-46 Great! As a geology student and fantasy writer I am glad to see that plate tectonics are taken info account. Many world builders would benefit from just some basic geologic knowlegde… it determinates almost everything about how the natural world looks, from the distribution of mountain ranges and volcanoes to why you find limestone in one place and granite in the other. Well, it doesn’t have to run that deep, but if a huge earthquake is about to happen there has to be a plate boundary somewhere. Plates moving sideways relative to each other… or plates that move towards each other. The fact that major earthquakes also happen along a convergence plate boundary (where plates move towards each other) is a piece of information that I missed in this article. In fact, the great tsunamis that have devastated Japan where caused by an earthquake due to plates moving towards each other.

Also, although I like your simple yet effective map, I don’t think that volcanic island arcs lie directly above the plate boundary. Look at a map that shows plates, and you will see that those islands are located just away from the plate boundary. That is because of the angle that the underlying plate makes as it sinks into the earth’s mantle. Melting occurs only very deep,and as the molten rock rises, it creates explosive volcanoes, slightly away from the place where the downgoing plate actually meets the other plate. You can see it in the picture as well, but not that clear.

Nevertheless, this really is good and provides good thinking material for anyone intetested in world building. Keep up the good work! Sorry for pointing out the small stuff, can’t resist the urge…
Will you, or have you already, covered more of these subjects in your articles. Like, hence, hot-spot volcanoes, lik those on Hawaii?

]]> By: Nathan Smith https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/#comment-45 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:24:29 +0000 https://preview.worldbuildingschool.com/?p=578#comment-45 In reply to A.J. Zaethe.

I agree A.J. tectonics definitely helps with where to place your mountains 🙂

I’m glad you enjoyed the post and it gave you more ideas for features you can add to your maps.

]]> By: A.J. Zaethe https://worldbuildingschool.com/landscaping-your-world-map/#comment-44 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:57:59 +0000 https://preview.worldbuildingschool.com/?p=578#comment-44 Great pointers. I myself have often thought about and placed tectonics on my own map, it helps with mountain creation, but I never really thought about what other affects they can have, like islands and inland trenches/valleys. Brilliant post.

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