'''3.5. Savanna'''[[BR]][[BR]]* '''__Region:__'''[[BR]][[BR]]* '''__Characteristics:__'''[[BR]]- An inter-zonal map between better watered mountain and desert or desert and tropic[[BR]]- 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[[BR]]- Typically a rather flat plane map having an occasional hummock rises here and there.[[BR]]- Relatively open but does have occasional ‘strag’ trees and rocky outcrops here and there.[[BR]]- Note that ''Savanna'' biome maps are limited to elevation heights of mid-level and below, low-level.[[BR]]- Rains are predominantly and frequently heavy in summer but never snows, dry 'winter' season.[[BR]]- 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. [[BR]]- It is very green during the rainy season and for awhile thereafter (Autumn) but rather sere at other times of the year.[[BR]]- It is well endowed with animals including dangerous ones.[[BR]]- Somewhat light on forest and stone but good for ore.[[BR]]- Defensively or agressively the map may be fairly well balanced to open to agression.[[BR]][[BR]]* '''__Typical Savanna type variations__:'''[[BR]]'''*''Fortress'''''[[BR]]'''*''Nomadic'''''[[BR]]'''*''Herocide'' '''[[BR]][[BR]]* '''__Packeting Parameters__:'''[[BR]]'''*''Elevation Meshes'''''[[BR]]- Primary (Lowlands).[[BR]]- Secondary (Midlands).[[BR]]- Quaternary (Ocean Floor).[[BR]]'''*''Terrain Textures'''''[[BR]]- DIRT1[[BR]]- DIRT3[[BR]]- GRASS5[[BR]]- SAND2[[BR]]- FORFLOOR5[[BR]]- ROAD1[[BR]]- ROAD2[[BR]]- WATER1[[BR]]- WATER2[[BR]]- WATER3[[BR]]- RIVER1[[BR]]- RIVER2[[BR]]- RIVER3[[BR]]- RIVER4[[BR]]- RIVER5[[BR]]- RIVER6[[BR]]- RIVER7[[BR]]'''*''Flora Tree Objects'''''[[BR]]- TREE4[[BR]]- TREE22[[BR]]- TREE27[[BR]]- TREE39[[BR]]- TREE40[[BR]]- TREE41[[BR]]- TREE42[[BR]]'''*''Flora Plant Objects'''''[[BR]]- PLANT1[[BR]]- PLANT2[[BR]]- PLANT4[[BR]]- PLANT5[[BR]]- PLANT11[[BR]]- PLANT17[[BR]]- PLANT18[[BR]]- PLANT22[[BR]]'''*''Fauna Objects'''''[[BR]]- ANIMAL1[[BR]]- ANIMAL3[[BR]]- ANIMAL4[[BR]]- ANIMAL10[[BR]]- ANIMAL11[[BR]]- ANIMAL14[[BR]]- ANIMAL15[[BR]]- ANIMAL16[[BR]]- ANIMAL18[[BR]]- ANIMAL21[[BR]]- ANIMAL26[[BR]]- ANIMAL27[[BR]]- ANIMAL28[[BR]]- ANIMAL30[[BR]]- ANIMAL32[[BR]]- ANIMAL35[[BR]]- ANIMAL36[[BR]]- ANIMAL39[[BR]]- ANIMAL40[[BR]]- ANIMAL41[[BR]]- ANIMAL42[[BR]]- ANIMAL43[[BR]]'''*''Geological Objects'''''[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL1[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL3[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL4[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL5[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL6[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL7[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL12[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL19[[BR]]- GEOLOGICAL27[[BR]][[BR]]'''__Savanna Land types__:'''[[BR]]'''''3.5.1. Sahel'''''[[BR]][[BR]]- Situated southside of the Atlas mountain range in North Africa.[[BR]]- Is a somewhat open map having almost all of the characteristics stated above except for having no river of significant size.[[BR]]- Civ Territories are divided as appropriate to the map.[[BR]][[BR]]'''__Savanna Water types__:'''[[BR]]'''''3.5.2. Gambia River'''''[[BR]][[BR]][http://www.wildfiregames.com/~gamedesign/maps/352-gambiariver-detail001.jpg http://www.wildfiregames.com/~gamedesign/m...r-detail001.jpg][[BR]]- Characterised by having a river running through it east to west opening out onto the Atlantic Ocean toward the western edge of the map.[[BR]]- The river has a few shallows crossings and is loaded with crocodiless along its course.[[BR]]- Riverside stone or ore seam gathering is fraught with danger.[[BR]]- Civ Territories are divided proportionately north and south of along the course of the river).