Hexton Geography
Topology
Hexton is composed of lowland plains, with half the country in heavy agriculture, and the other half being rolling plains. Some hills of note on the southern coast.Elevation
This region ranges in 0’ to 1000’ in elevation, except for a few hilly areas that rise 1001’ to 2000’ high.Climate
Chaparral in coastal areas, temperate in the north.Weather
Coastlands—Hot and dry in summer, mild winters
Lowlands—Humid temperate zone, with warm summers, cool winters, with no temperature extremes. Rainfall is plentiful, and skies are usually overcast.
Flora
Coastal Zone—Drought-resistant shrubs, including cacti, cork oak, culinary herbs, evergreens, fruit trees, olive trees, and oranges
Lowlands—bog myrtle, bracken, buttercup, cranberry, foxglove, gorse, heather, moss, peat, saxifrage, tawny grass and wild violet
Flowers—bougainvillea, cranesbill, cherry blossom, cutleaf selfheal, grey-leaved cistus, gum rockrose, lantana, lesser butterfly orchid, pink lily leek, pomegranate, poppies, red carnations, southernwood, Spanish bluebell, spanish gorse, sunflower, water lilies and yellow monkshood
Forestry
Forest were cleared long ago. Where patches of forest persist, they are:almond, ash, beech, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hazelnut, linden, maple, oak, olive, orange, pine and poplar
Fauna
Birds—bustard, flamingo, golden eagle, griffin vulture, kite, storks
Domestic—cattle, donkeys, goats, horses and sheep
General—brown bear, giant lizard, jackal, lynx, otter, rabbits and wild boar
Marine—dolphin, green turtle, loggerhead turtle, monk seal, porpoise, ray, shark, and whale
Agriculture
Most of these are imported from other countries by Karmithians or from Emirkand.barley, buckwheat, flax, hashish, hemp, kanab (cannabis), lavender, millet, oats, poppies, rapeseed, rice, rye and tobaccum (tobacco)
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