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[Xgamer4]

So, I got bored and started a fortress in a snowy desert with Terrifying creatures. I accidentally used all my wood in bolt production (I thought I had selected bones -_-) so, while waiting for my towercaps to grow I got bored and channeled out magma to make a moat to protect the road. Realizing that all I had to do was slap two floodgates on it and I could flood the world I set that up.

Test pull. Moat works.
Test world flood. Snow melts revealing sand. Lava refuses to pass sand.

Map of fortress: http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-1123-clasprooms

The lower strip of lava is the moat. The upper strip is the road. The rest is snow-covered sand.

[mickel]

Not sure if that's a bug or not. Kinda makes sense to me that sand would stop the lava. Sand stops anything!

[Mechanoid]

A odd bug that's very likely been fixed in the next version, but in the mean time, i suggest that you make the entire area of the wilderness a giant channel... it's the best chance you've got.

[Xgamer4]

I just wanted to flood the world to prove I could. Turns out I can't. Beaten by the game again.  

That said, it looks cooler this way, anyway. And it's probably just as effective at stopping sieges, too.