Thomas de Groot wrote:

> I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the Rim 
> Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill mountains 
> were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.

I think the rim itself was just a wall, non-withstanding that the
terrain was mostly shaped such that it was blocked of by mountains
(although the rim wall is much higher than the mountains).

Here's a nice viewpoint from the rim:

http://www.dennisantinori.com/RingworldRPG/14109.html

Allegedly 1600 km high? About 5 times the ISS orbital height ;)

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