Difference between revisions of "Geography"

*'''[[Aribel]]''', the homeland of [[Aribelians|Aribelian culture]] and the early [[Republic of Aribel|Aribelian Republic]], is located in the utmost northwest of Elondor. Like Celsond, it is a region of relatively cold and harsh climate, covered mostly in swampy plains, boreal forest, and its famed lakes, and the population is concentrated to its abundant harbour cities and a few other population centre. The fortress-city of [[Berán]] with its [[Academy of Berán|famous academy]] is the cultural and political centre of the [[Free Aribel|free strip of land]] north of the [[River Muïnulis]], with the rest of its land occupied by the [[Northwestern Colonies]], a loose federation of states inhabited by Aribelians, Olgs, [[Soskish Peoples|Sosks]], and [[Kalparians]], and part of Lécaron 135‒645 L.R. To its south, it is bordered by the [[River Kalpa]] and the Kalparian Sea, home to the [[Kalparians|Kalparian nation]], which is split in its lands between Aribel and Geran.

*'''[[Aribel]]''', the homeland of [[Aribelians|Aribelian culture]] and the early [[Republic of Aribel|Aribelian Republic]], is located in the utmost northwest of Elondor. Like Celsond, it is a region of relatively cold and harsh climate, covered mostly in swampy plains, boreal forest, and its famed lakes, and the population is concentrated to its abundant harbour cities and a few other population centre. The fortress-city of [[Berán]] with its [[Academy of Berán|famous academy]] is the cultural and political centre of the [[Free Aribel|free strip of land]] north of the [[River Muïnulis]], with the rest of its land occupied by the [[Northwestern Colonies]], a loose federation of states inhabited by Aribelians, Olgs, [[Soskish Peoples|Sosks]], and [[Kalparians]], and part of Lécaron 135‒645 L.R. To its south, it is bordered by the [[River Kalpa]] and the Kalparian Sea, home to the [[Kalparians|Kalparian nation]], which is split in its lands between Aribel and Geran.

*'''[[Geran]]''', finally, is located between Belkondíl, Aribel, and the western foothills of the Reknaya. In its centre split by the [[Ílgarian Woods]] and the [[Nukna|Nukna Highlands]], it divides into the [[Geranian Heath]], an open grassland home to the ancient [[Yamenaens|Yamenaen culture]] and more recently the [[Wertian Olgs]], the [[Hajalad]], a wealthy coastal region inhabited mostly by [[Geranian Olgs]] and Kalparians, and the [[Norides|Norides archipelago]]. It is bordered to the north by the river Kalpa and the Kalparian Sea and contains the southern half of the lands traditionally claimed by the Kalparians.

*'''[[Geran]]''', finally, is located between Belkondíl, Aribel, and the western foothills of the Reknaya. In its centre split by the [[Ílgarian Woods]] and the [[Nukna|Nukna Highlands]], it divides into the [[Geranian Heath]], an open grassland home to the ancient [[Yamenaens|Yamenaen culture]] and more recently the [[Wertian Olgs]], the [[Hajalad]], a wealthy coastal region inhabited mostly by [[Geranian Olgs]] and Kalparians, and the [[Norides|Norides archipelago]]. It is bordered to the north by the river Kalpa and the Kalparian Sea and contains the southern half of the lands traditionally claimed by the Kalparians.

Its position between the longitudes of 38° and 60° north allows for the mostly temperate climate in Elondor. The southwestern corner of the continent, the southern coast of Seligon, experiences the warmest climate with mild winters and dry summers, propagated by the warm water carried north by the eastern half of the [[Timesthian Current]]. Its warmest sub-region is the plain of [[Iliatar]], which experiences hot subtropical and in exceptional years even tropical climate. As one travels west towards the Runian coast, temperatures steadily drop, still fairly warm in Old Seligon and moderate in eastern Belkondíl, but cold and harsh along the western shores of Belkondíl and Geran, and similarly on the Avalian coast of Nelkon. Aribel and Celsond cap the lower end of temperatures, with cold moderate and subpolar climate, and near-polar conditions in the north of the Erendál.

Its position between the longitudes of 38° and 60° north allows for the mostly temperate climate in Elondor. The southwestern corner of the continent, the southern coast of Seligon, experiences the warmest climate with mild winters and dry summers, propagated by the warm water carried north by the eastern half of the [[Timesthian Current]]. Its warmest sub-region is the plain of [[Iliatar]], which experiences hot subtropical and in exceptional years even tropical climate. As one travels west towards the Runian coast, temperatures steadily drop, still fairly warm in Old Seligon and moderate in eastern Belkondíl, but cold and harsh along the western shores of Belkondíl and Geran, and similarly on the Avalian coast of Nelkon. Aribel and Celsond cap the lower end of temperatures, with cold moderate and subpolar climate, and near-polar conditions in the north of the Erendál.