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07-23-1998, 08:38 PM #1MANTAGuest
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They say there are tundras in Rjurik.
One of the reasons tundralike climate does exist is the long Winter in
which practicaly there is no daylight.
The problem is: at the same latitude (and ever further north in the
colonies) there are forests which couldn´t exist with so little periods of
sunlight.
Was this important (crucial) detail forgotten?
Opinions please.
MANTA
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> Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Climates (Was)BR WEB PAGE UPDATE
> Date: quinta-feira, 23 de julho de 1998 8:47
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> Ed Stark wrote:
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> > I just saw the restarted webpage (it looks cool) and BR (along with
several
> > other AD&D worlds) was not represented. I was told that BR (and others)
are
> > still being plugged in. I hope this means the BR section will be there
soon.
> >
> > More when I know more ...
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> Thanks for the update Ed! (I think we might be giving our friendly
neighbor
> hood Ed the impression that we are all paranoid...myself, I'm a big fan
of the
> conspiracy theory...) :)~ Anyway, I was looking at my maps the other
day,
> and I started to get tied into more than a little knot. The climatic
regions
> don't seem to make sense in relation to their geographic locations.
> For example, Grabentod is cold, but the Vos realms are described as
being
> even colder (at least that's the impression I get.) Anuire is more
seasonal,
> but is not much farther north in latitude than the warmer Khinasi lands.
> Can someone help me out of this brain boggle please....
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> Thanks,
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> Keith
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07-24-1998, 05:45 AM #2Jim CooperGuest
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MANTA wrote:
> They say there are tundras in Rjurik.
> One of the reasons tundralike climate does exist is the long Winter in
> which practicaly there is no daylight. The problem is: at the same latitude (and ever further north in the colonies) there are forests which couldn´t exist with so little periods of sunlight.
> Was this important (crucial) detail forgotten? Opinions please.<
That, plus little percipitation and a permanent layer of permafrost near
the surface. However, Yellowknife, Canada (near the arctic circle) is
considered to be in tundra, and there are forests up there too - I've
travelled up there a long time ago. Whats funny is that the evergreens
up there never get much taller than 5 feet or 6 feet; it was wierd, my
father lifted me up and I could look OVER the tree tops of the forest
and see a *sea* of trees. Pretty cool actually. So, IMHO I think that
all that forest up there in Rjurik lands is possible.
Plus you gotta remember that just like there is a 'long night' in
winter, there is also a 'long day' in the summer where the sun never
really sets. So, those trees would get plenty of sunshine ...
Cheers,
Darren
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07-24-1998, 02:11 PM #3prtr02@scorpion.nspco.coGuest
Climates
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That, plus little percipitation and a permanent layer of permafrost near
the surface. However, Yellowknife, Canada (near the arctic circle) is
considered to be in tundra, and there are forests up there too - I've
travelled up there a long time ago. Whats funny is that the evergreens
up there never get much taller than 5 feet or 6 feet; it was wierd, my
father lifted me up and I could look OVER the tree tops of the forest
and see a *sea* of trees. Pretty cool actually. So, IMHO I think that
all that forest up there in Rjurik lands is possible.
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Yeah, Tagia (sp?). Russian, I think, for "drunken forest". The trees lean
various directions because the frost heaves the ground. It's the same in
interior Alaska. Tundra and forest intermingled over the rolling plain. Mostly
tundra though as the interior is pretty dry.
Randax
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