saltwater vs. freshwater lakes

[shenryyr]

what qualifies a saltwater and a freshwater lake? is it the number of tiles that make up the lake? is it the number of sea tiles? is it automatically saltwater if a river flows into it? curious, I am.

 

[DiamondzAndGunz]

I think that if a body of water contains any ocean/sea tiles, it is saltwater. If it only has coast, it's freshwater. btw, you can check whether it's salt or fresh by rightclicking and checking whether it produces 2 food. if it does, it's fresh.

 

[kring]

It is number of tiles/squares. 21 or 22 makes it non fresh water IIRC.

 

[Mathias]

kring is right, any body of water up to 21 tiles will be freshwater. Also, it is possible to have freshwater sea.

 

[shenryyr]

I had just finished a game with a freshwater lake that had 3 sea tiles, and then I saw this lake which was just a little bigger all around and it was salt. mm, salt.

thanks for the info!

 

[kring]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=1023055#post1023055

Here is where Speed Bump (Barry from Firaxis) explains it.