[[TOC]] = 3.5. Savanna = == Region: == (none) == Characteristics: == * An inter-zonal map between better watered mountain and desert or desert and tropic * A map characterised by broadly spaced clumps of trees which are a mixture of oaken-leafed evergreen, deciduous baobab, palm type trees and scrub type plants * Typically a rather flat plane map having an occasional hummock rises here and there. * Relatively open but does have occasional ‘strag’ trees and rocky outcrops here and there. * Note that ''Savanna'' biome maps are limited to elevation heights of mid-level and below, low-level. * Rains are predominantly and frequently heavy in summer but never snows, dry 'winter' season. * Savanna has very little water on it though it may have an occasional lake, stream, or river and dry sandy or muddy lakebeds with water holes; streams may run for wahile and then empty into shallow marshy lake having no outlet to the sea in some cases. * It is very green during the rainy season and for awhile thereafter (Autumn) but rather sere at other times of the year. * It is well endowed with animals including dangerous ones. * Somewhat light on forest and stone but good for ore. * Defensively or agressively the map may be fairly well balanced to open to aggression. == Typical Savanna type variations: == * Fortress * '''''Nomadic''''' * ''Herocide'' == Packeting Parameters: == === Elevation Meshes === * Primary (Lowlands). * Secondary (Midlands). * Quaternary (Ocean Floor). === Terrain Textures === * DIRT1 * DIRT3 * GRASS5 * SAND2 * FORFLOOR5 * ROAD1 * ROAD2 * WATER1 * WATER2 * WATER3 * RIVER1 * RIVER2 * RIVER3 * RIVER4 * RIVER5 * RIVER6 * RIVER7 === Flora Tree Objects === * TREE4 * TREE22 * TREE27 * TREE39 * TREE40 * TREE41 * TREE42 === Flora Plant Objects === * PLANT1 * PLANT2 * PLANT4 * PLANT5 * PLANT11 * PLANT17 * PLANT18 * PLANT22 === Fauna Objects === * ANIMAL1 * ANIMAL3 * ANIMAL4 * ANIMAL10 * ANIMAL11 * ANIMAL14 * ANIMAL15 * ANIMAL16 * ANIMAL18 * ANIMAL21 * ANIMAL26 * ANIMAL27 * ANIMAL28 * ANIMAL30 * ANIMAL32 * ANIMAL35 * ANIMAL36 * ANIMAL39 * ANIMAL40 * ANIMAL41 * ANIMAL42 * ANIMAL43 === Geological Objects === * GEOLOGICAL1 * GEOLOGICAL3 * GEOLOGICAL4 * GEOLOGICAL5 * GEOLOGICAL6 * GEOLOGICAL7 * GEOLOGICAL12 * GEOLOGICAL19 * GEOLOGICAL27 == Savanna Land types: == === 3.5.1. Sahel === * Situated southside of the Atlas mountain range in North Africa. * Is a somewhat open map having almost all of the characteristics stated above except for having no river of significant size. * Civ Territories are divided as appropriate to the map. == Savanna Water types: == === 3.5.2. Gambia River === * Characterised by having a river running through it east to west opening out onto the Atlantic Ocean toward the western edge of the map. * The river has a few shallows crossings and is loaded with crocodiless along its course. * Riverside stone or ore seam gathering is fraught with danger. * Civ Territories are divided proportionately north and south of along the course of the river).