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The Gedaxa Mountains are a range of mountains in central [[Auseka]], between [[Vericum]] and [[Njombia]]. The highest peaks are around 2500 m above sea level. | The Gedaxa Mountains are a range of mountains in central [[Auseka]], between [[Vericum]] and [[Njombia]]. The highest peaks are around 2500 m above sea level. | ||
The mountain range is famous for two things: Its wet western side and the dragons living along it. | The mountain range is famous for two things: Its wet western side and the [[dragons]] living along it. | ||
== Western Side == | == Western Side == | ||
As the Gedaxa Mountains rise steeply out of the forested and grassy hills of [[Njombia]], they create a weather divide along their north-south line, with the western side being wetlands and the eastern side being in the rain shadow and arid. A map clearly shows the many rivers flowing back towards the ocean on the western side, keeping the water cycle going, while not a single river flows out of the Gedaxa Mountains to the east. | |||
Fed by glaciers and rainfall, the entire western side of the mountain range is its own ecosystem, with plants and animals not seen elsewhere. Mostly between 1000 and 2000 metres of altitude, marshes dominate the area, though some valleys are better characterized as bogs (acidic, low oxygen, poor drainage, dominated by mosses) and other areas are swamps (having more trees and shrubs). | |||
The population density in this area is low, as agriculture is difficult, as are herding and hunting. Some hardy folks have set up their villages here, and a small amount of trade goes out of the mountains. There are few mines as they tend to get flooded. | |||
Once one leaves the wetland zone, however, and enters the foothills, settlements become more common and the ground is fertile. This and the regular rainfalls make for good agriculture. | |||
The west side is also the location of the only city within the Gedaxa Mountains, [[Mpi Luma]] at an altitude of 1143 metres. | |||
== Eastern Side == | == Eastern Side == | ||
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[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 27 March 2023
The Gedaxa Mountains are a range of mountains in central Auseka, between Vericum and Njombia. The highest peaks are around 2500 m above sea level.
The mountain range is famous for two things: Its wet western side and the dragons living along it.
Western Side
As the Gedaxa Mountains rise steeply out of the forested and grassy hills of Njombia, they create a weather divide along their north-south line, with the western side being wetlands and the eastern side being in the rain shadow and arid. A map clearly shows the many rivers flowing back towards the ocean on the western side, keeping the water cycle going, while not a single river flows out of the Gedaxa Mountains to the east.
Fed by glaciers and rainfall, the entire western side of the mountain range is its own ecosystem, with plants and animals not seen elsewhere. Mostly between 1000 and 2000 metres of altitude, marshes dominate the area, though some valleys are better characterized as bogs (acidic, low oxygen, poor drainage, dominated by mosses) and other areas are swamps (having more trees and shrubs).
The population density in this area is low, as agriculture is difficult, as are herding and hunting. Some hardy folks have set up their villages here, and a small amount of trade goes out of the mountains. There are few mines as they tend to get flooded.
Once one leaves the wetland zone, however, and enters the foothills, settlements become more common and the ground is fertile. This and the regular rainfalls make for good agriculture.
The west side is also the location of the only city within the Gedaxa Mountains, Mpi Luma at an altitude of 1143 metres.
Eastern Side
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