Sunday, May 24, 2009

Giant vine trees serve as village cores

Attland's jungle is the northernmost of world's jungles, being on the same latitude with South Carolina. Due to the Northern Mountains drawing down cool rainstorm weather, which mixes with the warm, moist Gulf Stream air, creates unusual cases of wet rain shadows both north and south of the mountains.

The misty forests are home to Attland's indigenous trees, such as the vine tree (no connection to grapes). The tree is capable of reaching 100-200 meter in height in over 1000 years of growth, and be about 20 meter in diameter at its base, such as the famous Great Tree of the Tree Village, in the bottom picture. This tree is over 1800 years old. The nearby trees are about 1000 years old.

The trees in the first picture are about 100-200 years old, growing along Yahalma River.

misty jungle and vine trees
giant old tree carries houses

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