Continents
Continents
To what continent does Palthuknen belong to? Are there no other plates then those four on the planet?
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I don't know... I haven't worked out the plate boundaries.vegfarandi wrote:To what continent does Palthuknen belong to? Are there no other plates then those four on the planet?
Well, the locations of mountain ranges and rift valleys would be a big hint for plate boundaries...Drydic_guy wrote:By starting with some continents, and a history of Earht's geologic past.dynokeg wrote:how would you make realistic plate boundaries anyway?
Then go forward in time.
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Just out of curiosity: Has any of the plate tectonics been worked out since 2004?
Sorry if this has been already answered elsewhere, but I just stumbled on this thread while absentmindedly browsing through the Almea records.
Sorry if this has been already answered elsewhere, but I just stumbled on this thread while absentmindedly browsing through the Almea records.
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Formerly known as Primordial Soup
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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.
It looks like Almea has different plate tectonics from Earth -- trying to use Earth patterns wouldn't work too well here. They actually appear more Venusian, if you want the truth of the matter. This would make sense considering that Almea is more like Venus in size than Earth.
If you'll notice, for example, you don't have mountain ranges running along the coast like the Andes and Rockies, which suggests that Almea doesn't have subduction and upthrust... or at least, not to the extent Earth does.
Climate cells also work differently on Almea. On Earth as on Almea there are the doldrums at the Equator (where the winds die down), but the Equator on Earth is probably the wettest part of the planet. If Almea had Earth weather patterns, the Zone wouldn't exist but would be a thick jungle for the most part, and Tellinor and Fananak would be bone-dry deserts. (Why do I say that? Grab a globe or atlas and check the west coasts of all the continents at 20-30 degrees North and South!)
Again, if the climate patterns were Earthlike, Eretald and Dhekhnam might have seasonal monsoons like India. Areas that would have to worry the most about bad hurricanes would be Eretald (Verduria, Flora, Kebri, and Erenat), the western half of Dhekhnam, the northeastern Erelaean ilii and icelani, the eastern Qarau coast including Karimia, southern Nan and the Rau coast, Neinuoi, and Kaltenia.
If you'll notice, for example, you don't have mountain ranges running along the coast like the Andes and Rockies, which suggests that Almea doesn't have subduction and upthrust... or at least, not to the extent Earth does.
Climate cells also work differently on Almea. On Earth as on Almea there are the doldrums at the Equator (where the winds die down), but the Equator on Earth is probably the wettest part of the planet. If Almea had Earth weather patterns, the Zone wouldn't exist but would be a thick jungle for the most part, and Tellinor and Fananak would be bone-dry deserts. (Why do I say that? Grab a globe or atlas and check the west coasts of all the continents at 20-30 degrees North and South!)
Again, if the climate patterns were Earthlike, Eretald and Dhekhnam might have seasonal monsoons like India. Areas that would have to worry the most about bad hurricanes would be Eretald (Verduria, Flora, Kebri, and Erenat), the western half of Dhekhnam, the northeastern Erelaean ilii and icelani, the eastern Qarau coast including Karimia, southern Nan and the Rau coast, Neinuoi, and Kaltenia.