If you're looking for a challenging level that leaves you with little room to operate and some tough choices early on in the game, then this is the site for you.
Elevation and Terrain
There is a forked river running through this level. Because of the layout and the position of the highway entrance in the northwest corner, your opening game is all about weathering the construction costs of your first bridge. No hills or cliffs, so once you get over to the mainland, you can expand at will.
Water Table
This site is blessed with water -- probably the most water of any city site. In fact, I'm pretty sure this place is a delta and truthfully you're going to need to plan on water pollution because there are no safe spots for industry.
Resources
You're looking at some small coal deposits, but really there are two large oil fields that will be the source of some good income. The first is under the highway entrance, so don't go nuts designing that area until after you've extracted all the oil. The second, larger field is on the main hunk of land at the bend in the river.
Usable Land
The river soaks up huge amounts of space. This is going to deprive you of population down the road. But at the start, your only consideration should be how do you span the river to get to the important chunk of land.
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