Quote:
Originally Posted by ericthered
Neptune -7 will have a fair number of people, and even continents. 2000 feet is not all that high of an elevation. Most of Africa south of the Sudan and the DR Congo will remain above water. The mountainous stretch from Turkey through Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet and Mongolia remains dry. The Mountainous stretch of north america stays above sea level, including large chunks of historical Mexico.
Of course, you are loosing huge chunks of land, its just that large chunks remain.
|
Something like a quarter of it. I wonder if he didn't look at a 2000 meter map. That's much more island like - though some of those in Rockies or Andes are still state sized, and there's something that is definitely a small continent around the Tibetan Plateau even then.