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− | '''Murky pools''' are small pools of | + | '''Murky pools''' are small pools of {{l|water}} on the surface of the map. They can be filled with freshwater, saltwater or brackish water. |
Murky pools act as a '''finite water source''' and a '''biome'''. | Murky pools act as a '''finite water source''' and a '''biome'''. | ||
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== As a water source == | == As a water source == | ||
− | A '''pool''' can be used as a water source and | + | A '''pool''' can be used as a water source and {{l|dwarf|dwarves}} with the {{l|fishing}} labour enabled will attempt to fish in them. |
− | Murky pools can evaporate completely in | + | Murky pools can evaporate completely in {{l|calendar|summer}} in sufficiently hot {{l|climate}}s, or can be {{l|screw pump|drained manually}}, but in either case can be refilled by {{l|rain}}water or melting {{l|snow}} or {{l|ice}}. |
− | Drinking from a murky pool will give dwarves an unhappy | + | Drinking from a murky pool will give dwarves an unhappy {{l|thought}}. Dwarves will not normally drink from murky pools if they can at all help it; preferring alcohol, well water, or running water from a brook/stream/river over water from a murky pool. |
− | + | Sometimes the only {{l|water}} visible on the map is in murky pools. In hot and scorching climates, its typically a good idea to quickly create a {{l|reservoir|cistern}} to collect the water from murky pools before it all evaporates. | |
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== As a biome == | == As a biome == | ||
− | The | + | The {{L|biome}} '''pool''' means the area in the pool (under water) and close by the pool. |
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