Aqueducts
Aqueducts are large structures that carry water from a water source such as a river, lake, spring, or reservoir, to a place of use such as a town or city. Fictional aqueducts are often a type of megastructure that is found as ruins from an ancient civilization. If being used this way, there may be a waterfall where a portion of the aqueduct has collapsed.
| Synonyms: waterworks |
| Example Mythonyms: The Lower Aqueducts |
Designing Fictional Aqueducts
Archetypes
Overview
When designing aqueducts consider the source of the water and where it is being brought. Aqueducts use the force of gravity to move water from a higher source to a lower inhabited place. Typically aqueducts are pictured as being constructed of stone, but in fictional worlds, other materials or even fictional materials may be used.
Aqueducts may be especially important in desert locations.
Historically, the Romans created extensive networks of aqueducts, many of which still stand today.
