This topic relative to Riverfront has baffled me a bit ... For a very flattish site the course is not flat.
Having lived in the Tidewater Virginia are going on 22 years now, the course somehat reflects the observed regional landscape in that the closer you get to the wetlands or body water, the more movement of topography you are likely to see.
This topic among many others is why I would like to see others on the East Coast play a round there ... to see the range of reactions.