On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Mangiat wrote:
>and John Cowan answered:
>
>> Western Europe has a mild climate primarily because of the Gulf Stream.
>> If the mild climate zone is in the east, it sounds like Valdyas is
>> in the southern hemisphere of its planet.
>
>What if I have a similar stream in the east? Wouldn't it work?
I think your planet would have to spin in the opposite direction
from Earth in order for that to work. What you have below looks
rather like the Gulf Stream, which is basically the Northern
Atlantic current system.
Padraic.
>
>* = land; - = stream (south > west > north > east)
>
>*****************************
>***************************
>************** ***
>******** **
>***** *
>** **** *
>** ** _____________>
>* *** * /
>******* |
>* |___
>* \
>* \ ____
>* \____ <
>***
>**** *
>******* **
>***************************
>
>
>Luca
>