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[Tsarwash]

So I walled myself inside the first cavern that I found, To hide myself from the forgotten beasties that lurk beyond. There are seven of them there so far. I know that I'm a big yellow coward. Anyway, one of the beasties must be a fire beastie, because the huge underground lake is rapidly disappearing. In fact it's almost gone completely now, rendering my first pump stack completely useless. All of the silk webs on the first level are gone also. There must have been some big fights down there. Is this a common thing ? It's the first time that I have seen it. And do the silk webs get replaced over time ?

[Dahenk]

Could it perhaps be so that the water is pouring out of the map somewhere, but no new water is being added?

[Vertibird]

if the FB was fiery/flaming/very hot/etc, it can evaporate the lake, by walking around it. Next time try to make sure, that your underground source of water goes off-screen, so it is unexaustible.
Silk webs disappear, when a creature steps over them. They appear again, if the area has cave spider vermin. And sure, forgotten beasts can fight with each other, with wild animals, invaders or cave civilzations.

[Avin]

I'd once had a Fish spear woman show up as friendly and kill not one, but two uninvited guests before my military could deal with them.

[blue emu]

If a pool of water is already below 7/7 and has no constant source of replenishment, it will evaporate over time. So as soon as you pumped some out (and dropped it below 7/7), it started evaporating.

[Silveron]

Last I checked, you needed at least 1 tile at 1/7 to get evaporation. Without a replenishing source, ponds/pools/lakes/etc will lower eventually if they are used as a water source.

[gtmattz]

If a pool of water is already below 7/7 and has no constant source of replenishment, it will evaporate over time. So as soon as you pumped some out (and dropped it below 7/7), it started evaporating.

This is incorrect information.  The only place that water behaves in any manner similar to the above description is in murky pools situated in hotter biomes during summer.  Any other body of water will not evaporate unless there are tiles dropping to 1/7.  A pool of 2/7 water will never evaporate if nothing removes any water.