Hello Cartographers,

Today I'm submitting a project I've been working on for the last two weeks, assisted by Arsheesh's tutorial explaining how to create realistic topography corresponding to climatology. In this map, the entire island is actually about the size of England (give or take) and situated upon a globe of predetermined size (I challenge anyone "mathematically minded" to determine the radius of this world given my scale and grid system!)

As the easterly trade winds blow over the two islands, they create lush tropical valleys on the eastern sides of the islands, leaving desert-like climates to dominate on the western sides. I agree that, according to this scheme, the western part of the island shouldn't feature the same density of river systems as the east, but decided to ignore this minor detail in the interest of curbing my urge for perfection.

Also, I have tried to create flood plains near the mouths of my rivers, as suggested by Pixie (thank you!), and the entire map has been labelled with important cities and other geographical features.

Please provide constructive criticism, for it is my ambition to make the next project even more realistic and interesting.

Thank you.

Peter

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