Geography of Urth

Reply: Item #7943209 from URTH at LISTS.BEST.COM@INET01# Mountains of Urth, head and shoulders above the snowline. ELEVATION Ambient temperature drops about 1 degree F for every 300 feet of elevation. LATITUDE Ambient temperature at the equator is nearly "seasonless"; seasons become more pronounced at latitudes beyond the tropics. TERRAIN Hill: 100 to 200 feet rapid elevation. Mountain: 1,000 feet to 6 miles rapid elevation. SNOWLINES (Earth) Tropical Andes: 18,400 feet Himalayas : 19,000 feet (30 degrees N) Rocky Mts. : 11,000 feet Alps : 7,500 to 9,000 feet (45 degrees N) Patagonia : 6,000 feet (40 to 50 degrees S) Iceland : 3,000 feet (65 degrees N) =mantis= P.S. Re Paul Park, I read the Starbridge Trilogy first and liked it a whole lot. I haven't re-read it yet, but I probably will. =m=