#georgraphy

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♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: William Arthur Philip Louis

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: His Royal Highness William The Duke of Cambridge

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Monday, June 21st, 1982 in Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, England 

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Prince of Wales (Father) & Diana Princess of Wales (Mother)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: His Royal Highness Henry The Duke of Sussex (Brother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Her Royal Highness Catherine The Duchess of Cambridge (M. 2011)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge (Son), Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (Daughter), & His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge (Son)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Jane Mynors' Nursery School, Wetherby School, Ludgrove School, Privately Tutored by Rory Stewart, Eton College (Geography, Biology, and History of Art), University of St Andrews (Took Art History Course & a Geography Course. Master of Arts Degree in Art History with Upper Second Class Honours), & Cambridge University (Vocational Agricultural Management Course)

Floodplains formed a vital part of pre-modern agricultural ecosystems, because the material deposited by the annual floods enrich the soil and help maintain soil health and chemistry. So where the terrain is right for floodplains along the Greenblood would be considered vital territory for any Dornish lord to maintain and protect, but if the lands aren’t flat enough, the plains won’t stretch very far. Typically, floodplains form in braided rivers, rivers that branch into many channels as you see in places like the Nile Delta, or with curling rivers that form oxbow lakes. While the Greenblood is said to be slow and shallow, the map doesn’t show it meandering too much, I don’t think floodplains along the Greenblood would be very large.

Anyway, just eyeballing the Westeros map, the Greenblood doesn’t appear to be much longer than twice the Wall, but given that the river has a course as opposed to the straight line of the Wall and the fact that it has two branches, we can be generous with rounding and say three times or even a tad longer. Even so, the Wall is only 300 miles long, which makes the Greenblood at most somewhere around 900-1000 miles long, not even a quarter of the Nile’s length. Makes sense, of course, Westeros is a long continent, but not a very wide one.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

 The 4th grade social study student: Expands geography knowledge—how the Earth moves, kinds of land and water on the Earth, and countries and continents: India, England, Africa, China, Myanmar (Burma), and South America. Learns more about maps, globes, directions, distances, latitude and longitude, and modes of transportation. Continues to learn about early America—colonial life, the native…

 The 4th grade social study student: Expands geography knowledge—how the Earth moves, kinds of land and water on the Earth, and countries and continents: India, England, Africa, China, Myanmar (Burma), and South America. Learns more about maps, globes, directions, distances, latitude and longitude, and modes of transportation. Continues to learn about early America—colonial life, the native…

 The 4th grade social study student: Expands geography knowledge—how the Earth moves, kinds of land and water on the Earth, and countries and continents: India, England, Africa, China, Myanmar (Burma), and South America. Learns more about maps, globes, directions, distances, latitude and longitude, and modes of transportation. Continues to learn about early America—colonial life, the native…

So, how does Fiore work geographically? There are many factors to consider, including in-game canon, fictional lore and culture, and the way pokemon regions are based in real-life locations such as islands of Japan, France, Hawaii, Spain, etc.

Because the pokemon ranger games are so different from the mainline base games, I've been operating under a headcanon that Fiore, Almia and Oblivia are relatively close to one another, and far from other regions. It would be very convenient if they were all islands (especially given the volcanic activity) but Fiore and Almia are both peninsulas.

Here is the in-game map of the Fiore region:

Here's a map of the mainline pokemon regions over the areas of Japan they were based on:

And here's a speculative map of the ranger game regions:

According to these maps, Almia is at the tip of Sinnoh, and Fiore almost overlaps completely with Johto.

There's also this fan-made map, though I am unsure of their logic/sources.

I like this one for putting Fiore, Almia and Oblivia relatively close to one another. This works for Fiore, but, admittedly, less well for Almia. Because whereas Fiore is described in the games as far from mainline regions like Johto and Kanto, Almia is more consistently tied as being close to Sinnoh. Fiore's own relation to Sinnoh his quiestionable. It is where the manaphy egg of the games gets sent- which is described as "somewhere far away" but is also potentially the closest place to send something.

Now, of course, the geography of the games doesn't map 1-to-1 with real-life locations. But I am curious to try to find a compromise for how Fiore works. If it's close to regions like Hoenn, why is it so different culturally, with no pokeballs or trainers? If Fiore and Almia are far from one another, why are they so culturally similar?

The compromise

The solution, for me, comes in the form of the high mountains toward the north of Fiore. My headcanon is as follows:

Fiore, Almia and Oblivia are all areas of high volcanic activity. On a geological timescale, the land of Fiore was a floating contintent that collided with the "main" continent containing Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn. Similarly to how the Indian subcontinent collided and fused with Asia, and likewise creating a massive mountain range.

The Sekra mountains? Functionally impassible for hundreds/thousands of years. Technically, the land on the other side of the mountain range eventually leads to Johto. But for most of the history of human habitation in the area, the regions were unable to have travel and cultural exchange. "Why don't people just tunnel from Fiore to Johto?" is a question on the same scale of "Why isn't there a land bridge between Italy and Sicily?". It seems like it should be possible, the two are so close together, but even with the use of pokemon and technology, the effort to build an actual route is geologically more complicated, expensive and impractical. Even in the modern day, it's easier to travel to other regions by ferry than to try to cross the mountains.