Thamus_Knoward
Shadowbinder
"Sinking land" and "rising ocean waters," I think refer specifically to how the stepstones formed after in an attempt to rationalize the children's magic by a global warming type event which resulted in polar ice caps melting and subsequent rise of the sea levels.
The magic aimed at severing Westeros could have had a similar effect as 'tilted block faulting' which in the real world can apparently be one consequence of tectonic plates moving apart. This would also have the effect that part of the land is sinking and to people on that sinking part gives the impression of rising ocean waters.
If the neck was thus raised, we could assume that much of the precipitation that comes down on or over it inevitably flows east. The most direct overland path from south to north thus has to go orthogonal through the wetlands of the forming streams and rivers. The exact drainage divides could be placed more or less arbitrarily to suit our needs. This could be used to allow for enough drainage into the Green Fork and Fever River. One could image having several types of wetlands from west (raised foothills) to east (the bite): raised bogs -> fens -> swamps, lagoons, oxbow lakes and carrs/ Bruchwälder. Several examples for a real-world equivalent of such an area come to mind (Kemeri National Park, High Fens).
The magic aimed at severing Westeros could have had a similar effect as 'tilted block faulting' which in the real world can apparently be one consequence of tectonic plates moving apart. This would also have the effect that part of the land is sinking and to people on that sinking part gives the impression of rising ocean waters.
If the neck was thus raised, we could assume that much of the precipitation that comes down on or over it inevitably flows east. The most direct overland path from south to north thus has to go orthogonal through the wetlands of the forming streams and rivers. The exact drainage divides could be placed more or less arbitrarily to suit our needs. This could be used to allow for enough drainage into the Green Fork and Fever River. One could image having several types of wetlands from west (raised foothills) to east (the bite): raised bogs -> fens -> swamps, lagoons, oxbow lakes and carrs/ Bruchwälder. Several examples for a real-world equivalent of such an area come to mind (Kemeri National Park, High Fens).
