Hydrography
Rivers, basins and watersheds
Federal Cartographic & Cultural Documentation Bureau
A nation is not merely governed.
It is documented.
A fictional institution, seriously meant: culture deserves the documentation we give roads and rivers.
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Roads are documented. Rivers are documented. Languages are documented. Forests are documented. People are documented.
But culture often isn’t.Divisions of record
Seven ways to read a territory.
Each department is a different lens on the same place.
Divisions of record
Seven ways to read a territory.
Each department is a different lens on the same place.
Topography
Contour, elevation and slope
Meteorology
Wind, rain and monsoon
Trade
Ports, markets and routes
Language
Scripts, dialects and migration
Ecology
Forest, grassland and wildlife
Infrastructure
Rail, road, dams and power
The proof of concept
The institution is fictional. The garments are not.