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40d:Water flow

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Water flow is an informal term used occasionally by players to denote the ability of specific water tiles to power a waterwheel. While there obviously is a game feature at work, the specifics are unclear/unknown and seem counterintuitive at times.

Creating water flow seems to be possible where a channel is dug from a brook or river, back to the same brook or river with no diagonal connections. For example #1 will create flow, while #2 will not and #3 may or may not.

1:

≈~~~    ≈ - River     ~ - Channel
≈  ~
≈  ~
≈~~~

2:

≈~~~
≈   ~
≈   ~
≈~~~

3:

≈~~~
≈  ~~~
≈  ~~~
≈~~~