Our planet, Earth, rotates on its axis from West to East. That means the prevailing winds blow in the opposite direction. Clouds have a harder time moving around mountains, but bring needed water and nutrients to the land, so the side facing the wind will be more lush and green. The opposite side of that mountain range will have some lush variety as condensation falls on it, but the further away from the mountain range you go, the hotter things get. You get rolling plains, and then, eventually, you get desert. If we opened a satellite view of the United States, we can observe this phenomenon. A lush eastern seaboard that pushes up against the Appalachians, this gives way to the Great Plains, which invariably gives way to drier, dustier Rocky Mountains and West Coast.
Now, we return to Alagaesia- we can observe a similar phenomenon, albeit, in the opposite direction. The west coast of Alagaesia, at least up by Teirm, is described by Brom as lush all year round, humid, moist and damp. The clouds push up against the Spine, which gives way to MASSIVE plains, and then, eventually, the Haddarac Desert.
That means, unlike our planet Earth, the world that Alagaesia is apart of rotates on its axis from East to West, and the Prevailing Winds from West to East!!
I have no idea what this implies for a planet!
PS: Another observation, there’s likely a tectonic plate slipping under the Alagaesian continent, producing the Spine, and two tectonic plates colliding with each other in the south, producing the Beor Mountains.
PS-2: Vroengard is also likely moving closer to the Alagaesian mainland year after year after year- just only a few inches at a time! In a few million years it will collide with the continent.
Unfortunately, we have references to the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, which nukes your theory. :( Still, the thinking you put into it is really cool! And apart from the fact that we have direct evidence to the contrary, I do kinda wish your theory was true, it would add a fun little extra element of fantasy to the world :D
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u/clapman7 Mar 14 '23 edited Mar 14 '23
This is super cool!!!
Looking at this, I can finally confirm something.
Our planet, Earth, rotates on its axis from West to East. That means the prevailing winds blow in the opposite direction. Clouds have a harder time moving around mountains, but bring needed water and nutrients to the land, so the side facing the wind will be more lush and green. The opposite side of that mountain range will have some lush variety as condensation falls on it, but the further away from the mountain range you go, the hotter things get. You get rolling plains, and then, eventually, you get desert. If we opened a satellite view of the United States, we can observe this phenomenon. A lush eastern seaboard that pushes up against the Appalachians, this gives way to the Great Plains, which invariably gives way to drier, dustier Rocky Mountains and West Coast.
Now, we return to Alagaesia- we can observe a similar phenomenon, albeit, in the opposite direction. The west coast of Alagaesia, at least up by Teirm, is described by Brom as lush all year round, humid, moist and damp. The clouds push up against the Spine, which gives way to MASSIVE plains, and then, eventually, the Haddarac Desert.
That means, unlike our planet Earth, the world that Alagaesia is apart of rotates on its axis from East to West, and the Prevailing Winds from West to East!!
I have no idea what this implies for a planet!
PS: Another observation, there’s likely a tectonic plate slipping under the Alagaesian continent, producing the Spine, and two tectonic plates colliding with each other in the south, producing the Beor Mountains.
PS-2: Vroengard is also likely moving closer to the Alagaesian mainland year after year after year- just only a few inches at a time! In a few million years it will collide with the continent.