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Rivers with varying water levels

The idea of this would be for rivers to flow down blocks instead of all generated water being on 1 y level. Rivers would start small in mountain ranges and flow into oceans/lakes getting bigger determined by a set range of blocks. Along the way, other rivers could join together and also create water falls and flooded regions. So rivers can actually be tracked from a mountain to an ocean. However, if the water level changes, then Minecraft boats could only travel 1 direction along the river. To prevent this, boats would be able to go up a stream of water as long as the height difference is only 1 block tall (So a boat can't go up a waterfall, obviously). This idea could potentially be part of Caves & Cliffs since the update of mountains would allow rivers to start and form there.

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    I truly agree with this idea, the idea of rivers that flow down is great. I’m sure a lot of people will like this, especially if it comes with the caves and cliffs update. Albeit, if this was to be added to the update, I’m sure the date for the second part of Caves and Cliffs Update will be pushed further. I, personally, think this will exponentially improve minecraft.

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    I think Mojang could counter this by adding them in a later minor version of Minecraft, most likely 1.18.1 or 1.18.2 on Java and something like 1.18.10 on Bedrock. This has been done in many updates, notably in 1.16 when piglin brutes are added late in game development.