High/Medium/Low sealevel... What do they do?

[AfterShafter]

Hey all,

I've been playing for quite a while now and I always assumed that high/low/medium sea level just affected the amount of land on islands, with low leading to larger, less snaky islands, and high leaving to thinner snaky landmasses...

Unfortunately, I never really had any basis for this assumption other than a guess, so... Can anyone who actually knows explain what these map options do exactly? Do they affect ocean food resources, the number of ocean VS coastal squares, or just the landmass? Thanks in advance.

 

[King Flevance]

the lower the sea level, the more % of the map is land. Thes higher the sea level, the higher the % of the map is water.

 

[AfterShafter]

Yeah, that's all I thought they did... Ok, thanks.

 

[Bhruic]

the lower the sea level, the more % of the map is land. Thes higher the sea level, the higher the % of the map is water.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the reverse.

Bh

 

[bardolph]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the reverse.

Bh

Hmm... that would be counter-intuitive...

 

[Mortac]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=246788

It compares sealevel every here and there. Check the hemispheres section for example.