Karnas

Karnas is a garden world orbiting the yellow main sequence star Saurasol, and is the homeworld of the Karnasaurs.

Geography
Karnas has numerous biomes spread across three continents, Dominum, Portis, and Incognitis. Dominum is the home continent of Karnasaur civilization, while Portis played host to the first colonies and the Sylvanian civilization. Incognitis was ironically the nearest but last discovered continent to Dominum, and was virgin land at the time of its colonization. Note that the attached map shows only the dominant biome in the area; Karnas has a more varied landscape than depicted.

The primary feature of Karnas' geography is its large, rolling meadows, grasslands and prairies. These areas were and are hotspots for herbivore activity and that of their predators, as well. Karnas has surprisingly few lakes, with an average of only one major lake per continent; Most of the water is in the ocean. As such, Karnasaur technology had a large focus on desalinization when the first few cities started popping up away from fresh water sources. In addition, Karnas has thick tropical jungles, mostly on the southern tropical region, but Portis has the Damnatius Strip running along the northern tropical border, mainly caused by the effects of Lake Infinitus, the largest lake on Karnas, and its humid winds mixing with the Sylvanian Desert's hot, dry air to cause a hot tropical area. Karnas also has few mountain ranges, due to the relatively few tectonic plates it has (Seven, compared to Earth's nine major plates and numerous minor plates). Like the human homeworld, Karnas' continents have split and are drifitng away from each other, however, they split only a few million years ago, making their drift much earlier in the process than Earth by the time it was evacuated. Finally, Karnas' forests are sparce, mainly along the northern continents, but also heavily concentrated on Incognitus, a find that made lumber-related industries jolt with business.

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