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=== Climate and Vegetation === | === Climate and Vegetation === | ||
The climate of | [[File:Sgùrr nan Gillean.jpg|thumb|The barren, wet landscapes of Scotland and Northern Ireland were the main inspiration of Belkondíl’s cold west]] | ||
The climate of Belkondíl is determined both by its relatively flat relief and by its location in between two oceans. The shallow hills of the west provide little protection from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerlies westerlies], leaving most of Belkondíl's west coast exposed to [[Runion|Runion's]] harsh climate. Vegetation in this part is particularly sparse, with heath and moorland stretching over miles without as much as a small forest. Rain is frequent all year round, with moderate summers and mild winters. This area is among the most sparsely populated in all of Elondor and extends eastward roughly to the Brethan valley and south until [[Noldorin|Tár-Noldorin]] and the western shores of the [[White Sea]], including most of [[Tarébras]], [[Atrissar]], [[Orinion]], [[Noldorin]], and the [[Mairn]]. Crops grown here are largely restricted to rye, barley, and flax, but farming is focussed on animal husbandry, chiefly of cattle and sheep, and fishing in the lush waters of the Runion. | |||
[[File:Dartmoor|thumb|The warmer rolling hills of the Dartmoor inspired the more fertile eastern parts of Belkondíl.]] | |||
The lands east of the Brethan, and especially east of the Cëlac, are influenced by the somewhat milder climate of the western Timesthe. While still considerably colder than [[Seligon]], which is reached directly by the warm waters of the [[Timesthian Current]] before they cool along the shores of [[Old Seligon]], eastern Belkondíl is more densely forested and in general more suitable for the cultivation of crops. The [[Rouningwood]], a mixed forest reaching from the [[Dôkob|River Dôkob]] eastward until [[Singrall]], is among the longest continuous woodland areas within the Lécaronian domain and of great economic and cultural significance. | The lands east of the Brethan, and especially east of the Cëlac, are influenced by the somewhat milder climate of the western Timesthe. While still considerably colder than [[Seligon]], which is reached directly by the warm waters of the [[Timesthian Current]] before they cool along the shores of [[Old Seligon]], eastern Belkondíl is more densely forested and in general more suitable for the cultivation of crops. The [[Rouningwood]], a mixed forest reaching from the [[Dôkob|River Dôkob]] eastward until [[Singrall]], is among the longest continuous woodland areas within the Lécaronian domain and of great economic and cultural significance. | ||