Hey everyone.
Ok so i have a small city in a desert set on a plateau ridge. To the east are foothills and canyons running up almost to the point of the ridge. The city is built on three hills, two hills are on an isthmus (not sure if that is the right word) that juts out from the plataeu. The other hill is on the main portion of the plataeu. This city was once a coastal city but the sea has receeded.
For the city itself i imagined a sort of hanging gardens of babel, which means I need a great water delivery system. This makes two problems. How to get the water, and how to get the water to the tops of the hills. I was thinking os a system of aquaducts originating from water in a cave.
The other idea i had was to use the properties of water such as turgor pressure, adhesion. Basically the principle is the same as placing the endother of athe sheet of paper in water, the water will travel up the sheet of paper. The same principle is how trees get water to the leaves. From what i have read the substance needs to be porous or have very small tubes. I was thinking of using this system for the ground water and having it travel up porous travertine to a system of cisterns that wick off the moisture. Any thoughts?
Ok so i have a small city in a desert set on a plateau ridge. To the east are foothills and canyons running up almost to the point of the ridge. The city is built on three hills, two hills are on an isthmus (not sure if that is the right word) that juts out from the plataeu. The other hill is on the main portion of the plataeu. This city was once a coastal city but the sea has receeded.
For the city itself i imagined a sort of hanging gardens of babel, which means I need a great water delivery system. This makes two problems. How to get the water, and how to get the water to the tops of the hills. I was thinking os a system of aquaducts originating from water in a cave.
The other idea i had was to use the properties of water such as turgor pressure, adhesion. Basically the principle is the same as placing the endother of athe sheet of paper in water, the water will travel up the sheet of paper. The same principle is how trees get water to the leaves. From what i have read the substance needs to be porous or have very small tubes. I was thinking of using this system for the ground water and having it travel up porous travertine to a system of cisterns that wick off the moisture. Any thoughts?