Laramidia
Laramidia is the name given to the western side of North America below the glacial line and above Central America. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Yellowstone gulf and Appalachia to the east, and Land of Gods on its north.
Geography
Laramidia is dominated by the Rocky Mountains running through its center, and steep highlands and steppes surrounding it. In the north, Laramidia is made up of taigas and tundras, flowing into evergreen forests and some temperate rainforest. Mountainous terrain and steppes are quite common and dominate the region's center that can be snowy and cold year round, but also butted against dry deserts and scrubland. Primarily, most open land is dry grassland, desert, or scrub, with temperate forests being often small and isolated and primarily bound to the coasts, rivers, or lakes.
In the Yellowstone Gulf National Park region in particular, there is a wide variety of environments, and the area is much more lush than most of the region due to the gulf. Having much heavier rainfall, forests are more common and so is grassland.
Climate
Laramidia is a vast region with a variety of different climates contained within it.
North Laramidia
The north of Laramidia, primarily made up of northern Republic of California, Montana, and Wyoming is known for primarily being composed of mountains, taiga and conifer forests, cool grasslands, and open prairie. Due to proximity to the Yellowstone Gulf, northern Laramidia is subject to intense boughts of rain and thunderstorms fueled by the sea being pushed inland in the summertime. Like territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, north Laramidia is oftentimes cool and relatively wet all year, and generally subject to heavy snowfall in winter. Due to such close proximity to the glacial line, extreme northern territories of Laramidia are often quite cool all year long and can be subject to snowfall even in the summer.South Laramidia
Due to the Rocky Mountains, southern Laramidia is quite dry and at times arid, a vastly different environment to the north. It is dominated by scrubland, dry grassland, prairie, and coll deserts for much of its most southern reaches. The western part of southern Laramidia is subject to much more rain than its eastern portion, generally supporting more farming and agriculture. East of the Rocky Mountains, the region is extremely dry and sees little rainfall, supporting the majority of Laramidia's deserts.Fauna & Flora
Northern Laramidia
Forested regions are oftentimes made up of taiga or conifer forests, with the bulk of trees being spruce, pine, cedars, or junipers intermixed with firs and the occasional oak or maple. These forests are often cool, hosting a variety of underbrush such as berries, ferns, and mosses. More open regions, such as the prairies and plains of Montana and Idaho will oftentimes have pockets of deciduous forest, typically being made up of oaks and maples.
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Western North America, West Coast (of North America)
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