Eastern Jewels

This region is so named because it is very different from the rest of the Miran continent. Shielded from most of the effects of the polar jet stream the temperature varies little even during the depths of winter. Combined with plenty of warm air from both the Maritic Ocean and Serpente Sea and this area receives more rainfall that any other area on Miran.

This region is divided into five smaller regions. The Anor Mountains run north to south marking the western boundary of this region. The Salt Marsh and swamps in the south have hundreds of rivers creating dozens of estuaries leaving very little dry land. The far north is the Ghalib Mountain Range which is the highest mountain range in Miran and contains the highest peaks on Miran, perpetually snow-capped this range is what keeps the polar jet stream from the lands to the south. The Izz-Al-Din Highlands is a land of deep valleys and high ridges that borders both the Ghalib Range and Anor Mountains. The flawless jewel of the east is the Jinan Valley located in the center of his region, a truer paradise cannot be found upon this world.

Even the lands in the far north of this region do not suffer under the extreme temperature variations found in the other parts of Miran. Shielded from the arctic polar winds the tropical jet stream influences weather all along the coast. Spring tends to be wet, summers are warm and frequently humid, fall is mild and sees the least amount of rainfall. Only in the deepest part of winter is the weather cold enough to drop any significant snowfall upon this region, ice and sleet are more common.

This area is very different from the nearby Bronze Sea in the amount of precipitation that falls. The Ghalib Mountain Range has a great deal of snowfall (300-500 inches per year) with the Anor Mountains seeing less (50-120 inches per year), but the rest of the area is more closely like warm temperate or even sub-tropical locations. Flooding is frequently a problem during the heavy rains of the spring season when the snow in the Anor Mountains is melting. The summer and fall months can see heavy rains caused by tropical storms and hurricanes that move along the coast. Every 1-2 years a hurricane will make landfall generally in the south, but only once every 20-40 years is one of them larger than Category 2.

This region is comprised of three major geographical areas. The Anor Mountains borders the west and northern boundaries, the Beyaz Swamp is the lowlands in the south, and the Jinan Valley is the well sheltered land in the center along the eastern shoreline of the Maritic Ocean.

The Anor Mountains contains the highest mountain ranges found anywhere on Miran. While the peaks of the Gate of the Gods reaches nearly 22,000 feet there are over 50 mountains in Anor that exceed 23,000 feet. The highest range is the Ghalib Mountain Range which peaks at 24,500 feet.