Map is 1000 miles long and wide. In general, do these placements make sense? 

I'm also wondering where volcanoes would be; why the coast is full of life and the west dead and barren; where the equator would be; and if I can make the northern coast more rocky and full of islands -- plateaus and whatnot. 

This is a zone of safety for people, a haven protecting them from West & South. Perhaps 1-2 million people living here split between a few ruling faculties. 






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(Tan/brown): Desert, dry land, hot.

(Light-green): Arable.

(Green): Dense forests. 

(Dark-green/dark-brown): Magic, cursed land, unnatural jungle, might be spreading.



 


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