Kaldur Geography

Topology

Kaldur is composed of lowland plains, with half the country in heavy agriculture, and the other half being rolling plains. Some hills of note on the southern coast.      

Elevation

This region ranges in 0’ to 1000’ in elevation, except for a few hilly areas that rise 1001’ to 2000’ high.      

Climate

Hot and dry in coastal areas, temperate in the north.      

Weather

Coastlands—Hot and dry in summer, mild winters

Lowlands—Humid temperate zone, with warm summers, cool winters, with no temperature extremes. Rainfall is plentiful, and skies are usually overcast.

     

Flora

Coastal Zone—Drought-resistant shrubs, including cacti, cork oak, culinary herbs, evergreens, fruit trees, olive trees, and oranges

Lowlands—bog myrtle, bracken, buttercup, cranberry, foxglove, gorse, heather, moss, peat, saxifrage, tawny grass and wild violet

Flowers—bougainvillea, cranesbill, cherry blossom, cutleaf selfheal, grey-leaved cistus, gum rockrose, lantana, lesser butterfly orchid, pink lily leek, pomegranate, poppies, red carnations, southernwood, Spanish bluebell, spanish gorse, sunflower, water lilies and yellow monkshood

     

Forestry

Forest were cleared long ago. Where patches of forest persist, they are:

almond, ash, beech, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hazelnut, linden, maple, oak, olive, orange, pine and poplar[/quote]

   

Fauna

Birds—bustard, flamingo, golden eagle, griffin vulture, kite, storks

Domestic—cattle, donkeys, goats, horses and sheep

General—brown bear, giant lizard, jackal, lynx, otter, rabbits and wild boar

Domestic--cattle, donkeys, goats, horses and sheep

Most commonly Cattle, Goat, Sheep and Swine

They also breed Chicken, Geese, Hare, Pigeon, and Rabbit/Coney for food

Supplementary Hunting—Badger, Boar, Crane, Deer, Eel, Fox , Heron, Lark, Partridge, Quail, and Swan

Marine—dolphin, green turtle, loggerhead turtle, monk seal, porpoise, ray, shark, and whale

     

Agriculture

Most of these are imported from other countries by Karmithians or from Emirkand.

barley, buckwheat, flax, hashish, hemp, kanab (cannabis), lavender, millet, oats, poppies, rapeseed, rice, rye and tobaccum (tobacco)

   

Aquaculture

freshwater lake and river fishing, oyster farming, saltwater fishing

Geology

Minerals — Copper, gold, lead, limestone, marble, sandstone, sea salt, silver

   

Roads

Except for the Old Karmithian streets,roads here often are sunken,unpaved lanes in poor repair.

Byway—Tertiary road, usually rural on not a major thoroughfare

Causeway—Wooden, raised road or track across marshes, fens, or wet places

Holloway—Sunken road or path that is much lower than the surrounding land

Old Karmithian Streets—Aka highways, or prefixed by Via

Portway—Secondary road to market town or port

Trackways—Rural tertiary road or path beaten out by traffic

   

Feature	Name
Bay	Odd
Cliffs	White Cliffs of Kaldur
Cove	Peebles
Forest	East Elmyrlan
	Elmyrlan
	Grundy
	Weeping
Island	Elt
	Mummer
	Serene
Lake	Althorn
	Ecrette
	Elk
	Forfend
	Gules
	Ing
	Kenworthy
	Key
	Mefit
	Midge
	Owl
	Roth
	Rund
	Saresby
	Solace
	Tarrasque
	Ward
	Wyrmling
Maer	Mucker