F. Kenton Musgrave has done work on that, starting with this paper in 1989 [1]. Here is a more recent paper which references his work (among many others) [2]. A

F. Kenton Musgrave has done work on that, starting with this paper in 1989 [1]. Here is a more recent paper which references his work (among many others) [2]. Also [3]. [1] The synthesis and rendering of eroded fractal terrains http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=74337 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=74337 [2] Terrain generation using procedural models based on hydrology http://arches.liris.cnrs.fr/publications/articles/SIGGRAPH2013_PCG_Terrain.pdf http://arches.liris.cnrs.fr/publications/articles/SIGGRAPH20... [3] Large Scale Terrain Generation from Tectonic Uplift and Fluvial Erosion http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3028601 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3028601