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Geographic Features

This page is a list of interesting features which can be incorporated into terrain, for when players wish to explore an environment.

General

  • Large rock formations, jutting out from the ground
    • Large, smooth sandstone
    • Archways, enterable underneath
  • Battery, Mesa, Plateau
  • Bog
    • Spongy ground made of plant matter
  • Claypan, flats, salt lakes
  • Valley, Vale
  • Dens/Lairs
  • Downland, Headland
  • Fell/Moor - Bare, rocky ground, coarse grass, some alpine trees
  • Field, Meadow
    • Rocky/badlands
    • Tall grass, savannah
    • Sell it by describing other plants/objects sprinkled within
  • Gardens

Inland Water Bodies

  • Shore/Beach
    • Can easily apply to rivers, lakes, ponds, you name it.
  • Blowhole
  • Basin
  • Dried river bed
  • River, creek,
    • Tight bends vs straight (usually based on land hardness)
  • Billabong/Oxbow lake, Lagoon
  • Waterfalls, cascades
  • Ford, Crossing - particularly shallow/slow running sections of water
  • Dam
  • Eddy, whirlpool
  • Rapids
  • Emergent rocks, reefs
  • Shoal
  • Islands

Underground

  • Caverns
  • Chasms, fissures
  • Grotto
  • Pit-cave/hole
  • Sinkhole

Coastlines

  • Capes, Penninsulas
  • Cove, Bay
  • Delta, river mouth, estuary
  • Neck/Isthmus

Forest

  • Scrubland/Bush, Heath
  • Grove
  • Glade
  • Hollow
  • Thicket

Wetlands

  • Bog
  • Marsh
  • Swamp

Mountainous

  • Large stone archways between mountainous bodies
  • Saddle/Pass - Deep gap between two mountains
  • Crag
  • Dome/Knoll - particularly rounded hills (esp. isolated)
  • Glen - steep valley, often with water feature at bottom
  • Gorge, Canyon
  • Lookout
  • Massif - tightly connected/ridgelike mountains from seismic activity
  • Point, Cape

Generic Terrain Properties

  • Wet, muddy ground
  • Rocky outcrops, boulders
  • Slopes/elevation changes
  • Loose ground, including leaf/debris coverage
  • Fire-prone conditions
  • Manmade structures to assist traversal e.g. bridge, paths
  • Frost/sleet
  • Insects

Other Terrain Resources

meta/geographic_features.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/06 04:57 by admin