Sorry I posted a bit off topic, thanks for the help though guys.

This map looks really interesting, and is one of the many reasons I decided to upgrade. 

I just look at this map and see all of the potential in there. I wonder will I run into these ruins of an epic battle between mages. Where do the dragons lay?

Basically I just can't wait to see how this map, and the book, and single player all tie together.

I'm so happy you said that. I was facepalming pretty hardcore there for a while and was about to point out that very fact. But anyway, let us all sit back and practice a new mantra: I will not feed the Trolls.  Now that we have that settled..

The map looks plenty original to me. I mean, lets be honest..There are only so many ways you can get "creative" with a world map. You have land, and water, toss into a sphere and shake, let sit for a few billion years. Ta-dah! And yeah, no need to get scientifically literal about the processes. The landmass(s) thus far look fine to me. They are obviously only one continent, that or they're just two big islands connected by a small portion there at the top. So lets go with a small continent (by Earth standards) and focus on..Lots of ocean out there, probably some new world here and there (expansions anyone?).

Not sure I like the space elves idea though..I mean, if they're going to be space elves, then that means they'd probably sparkle right? Like Avatar..So lets see here..Fair hair, sparkling, pointy ear-s...W-wait..N-no! No!!

Oh right, there was one little thing I forgot to mention..The mysterious lake that sits at the foot of a mountain range that is draining(?) off into two different directions. Now, I'm no expertz, but is it me..or aren't the rivers actually flowing into the lake? They're wider at the sea/ocean connections, and become narrow as they approach the lake itself. I mean, I could be wrong, but I don't see the tiny stream suddenly becoming a much, much larger mass of water flowing into the ocean. Plus, we have no details on the sea-level anyway, nor do we know if that lake is even a non-man made formation. Snow melt from the mountains seem like as good a reason as any for the lake. Just my two cents, or lack their-of.

Nice map, look forward to getting the canvas version.

I wonder what the town of Hope will be like - similar to then one in BC Canada? Link (where they filmed First Blood)

As well, the unnamed large island in the centre of the bay will no doubt be a key place to visit..

So will expansions bring up new islands and continents? (guess I am getting ahead of myself and all) 

It's gonna look extra good hanging on my wall. Hell I might even put it in the hall-way or out in the living room. What size frame should I buy?

18x26” cloth map of the world of Elemental

Poster same size.

Link

That will indeed look good on the wall.. 

lol oops...should have seen that. That's why they call them Drugs...lol. Thanks my friend.

So how big is that map ingame?

It's the same ocean that both rivers flow into, so the ocean can't be higher on one side and lower on the other. Yes, the lake can be below sea-level, but it can't have one river into the ocean and one out.

Lake Toba in Sumatra is such a lake and is roughly the same size as the one in Elemental. Also, lakes with no outlets can appear wherever, since there are a number of causes that could create one. The lake north of Gandru is not really that strange.

Lake Gandru is really weird however, or then the map is really unintuitive. The river through the imperial spine is clearly continuous, so it would indicate that Gandru indeed has two rivers flowing into the ocean. This would require *extremely* rare and unstable circumstances. The river would have to fill up at the exact same rate as it empties from both rivers to maintain the balance. Otherwise one of the rivers would dry up. Also, the flow rate of the two rivers would have to maintain equilibrium. If the flow rate of one of the rivers would change, it would immediately shift the distribution of water and eventually again cause one of the rivers to dry up.

It just doesn't make sense. You can't have two rivers flowing into the same ocean from one lake at opposite ends of the lake. It would make much more sense if the stream from the imperial spine was an inlet to the lake and another river would flow from the spine to the west coast. In the current map this is not the case though.

I agree. It was the first thing I thought when I saw the map.

When I used to write my own fantasy, I liked to draw the maps and it was nice to give them some realistic touchs if possible, starting by things like plate tectonics. But that's all. After all, it's not about creating a whole scientifically (or religiously if it's the reader's case) plausible universe (we are talking fantasy here, no hardcore science fiction). That said, for a story I reached the point of "Let's start by the Big Bang and build the universe from there" (in a light hearted and simplfied way, mind you).

Nice old school map !

"And legend tells of a massive fire titan chained and shackled at the very bottom of the lake. Bound there in the last days of the great war, the only way to hold him was to flood the crater where he was chained. And so the mightiest wizards caused the earth to crack and shift, drawing water from the endless seas to hold down the titan. Dread the day, when the spells fade or the seas dry up."

It is a mythic world, dont you all be so dry.

It looks silly and unprofessional. And it's not such a big deal to correct those details.

Agreed, its called attention to detail...

Disagreed, it is called boring ...

Reagreed, the details are important...

Honestly, the lake issue would be borderline trolling, even if you guys were right.

And you aren't. Bifurcation lakes are rare indeed, but that doesn't mean nonexistent. There are quite a few in Finland - I know, I was there. And there is one in Canada that is actually pretty big. All of them were stable enough to survive centuries. 

Seems I'm one of the 0.1%, because I'm more interested in playing the campaigns than the sandbox mode. After completing the standard campaigns I'll look for user-made ones (or maybe make one myself?)

Hm....nice map...don't ask my why [maybe it's because of the "dual continents" concept], but...somehow it reminds me of the basic WoW map. [Kalimdor/Eastern Kingdoms]... 

I think its Spain on the left and Ireland on the right!

Hey, this is pretty interesting. I did not know these existed. Finland I can understand since there are a thousand lakes that such a rare occurrence might be possible (heh, I'm actually from Finland and did not know about these types of lakes ... ). It requires very unique geography for this to happen, apparently. In finland this is possible because there are no watersheds in the area - it's not clear as to which general direction the water should flow. I'm sorry that I continue this discussion but I find the topic interesting.

Can you point me to the one in Canada? I was unable to find info on it.

Wollaston Lake. Looking for the info I discovered it's actually the biggest lake of that kind (source: Wikipedia, what else).

Yeah I was going to go with the "Wheres Northrend?" joke at first.

Warcraft was my first throught - like a snap shot during the umm... rending? (The explosion of the well in the middle)

I love the debate about geology in a world that has magic flying all over the place, etc. LOL guys. Its fantasy.. anything can happen. Maybe a paralyzed water dragon is peeing  off the side of the continent