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'''Lusaṃrīte''' is the second-largest continent of Eventoa and the largest in the southern hemisphere; only a very small section of its mainland is north of the equator - with the northernmost point of its mainland being slightly south of 6°N, although many of its associated islands are. A long cordillera follows its western coast leaving the narrow western shore mostly arid, while the lower lying eastern part of the continent is generally a tropical forested maze of internal seas, gulfs, bays and islands that fill the sea dividing it from its smaller eastern neighbour Jūhma. Only in the northwest is there an unbroken rainforest, which is also the least densely human-populated area of the continent. Towards the south, beyond the tropics, the continent is more mountainous, with some drier - but moderately small - basins in the rainshadow. Southern Lusaṃrīte is temperate but mild, particularly north of the main mountain chains; even the southern shore is relatively mild except for the few parts beyond the southern polar circle - the southernmost continental mainland - due to the lack of a southern ice cap<ref>It is particularly warmer than Earth at comparable latitudes, due to Eventoa being on average warmer than Earth overall.</ref>. | '''Lusaṃrīte''' is the second-largest continent of Eventoa and the largest in the southern hemisphere; only a very small section of its mainland is north of the equator - with the northernmost point of its mainland being slightly south of 6°N, although many of its associated islands are. A long cordillera follows its western coast leaving the narrow western shore mostly arid, while the lower lying eastern part of the continent is generally a tropical forested maze of internal seas, gulfs, bays and islands that fill the sea dividing it from its smaller eastern neighbour Jūhma. Only in the northwest is there an unbroken rainforest, which is also the least densely human-populated area of the continent. Towards the south, beyond the tropics, the continent is more mountainous, with some drier - but moderately small - basins in the rainshadow. Southern Lusaṃrīte is temperate but mild, particularly north of the main mountain chains; even the southern shore is relatively mild except for the few parts beyond the southern polar circle - the southernmost continental mainland - due to the lack of a southern ice cap<ref>It is particularly warmer than Earth at comparable latitudes, due to Eventoa being on average warmer than Earth overall.</ref>. | ||
'''Jūhma''', to the east of Lusaṃrīte, has a similarly tropical northern part, while the inland sea in the west of the continent is somewhat more arid. The eastern shore is particularly rainy but gets more temperate towards the south; its southern shore, barely reaching 45°S, is much milder than Lusaṃrīte's. Excluding Sođeu, which is an insular continent, Jūhma is the only continent on Eventoa whose mainland is entirely in the southern hemisphere (its northernmost point, the tip of a protruding peninsula, is at 4°S), even if some of the most remote islands traditionally grouped with it are north of the Equator. Southern Jūhma is generally antipodal to southern Seralton and central Šacoria.<br/> | '''Jūhma''', to the east of Lusaṃrīte, has a similarly tropical northern part, while the inland sea in the west of the continent is somewhat more arid: the desertic areas of central Jūhma, though nowhere as extensive as those in the northern hemisphere of Eventoa, are, climate-wise, fundamental in bringing minerals to the rainforests of Lusaṃrīte. The eastern shore is particularly rainy but gets more temperate towards the south; its southern shore, barely reaching 45°S, is much milder than Lusaṃrīte's. Excluding Sođeu, which is an insular continent, Jūhma is the only continent on Eventoa whose mainland is entirely in the southern hemisphere (its northernmost point, the tip of a protruding peninsula, is at 4°S), even if some of the most remote islands traditionally grouped with it are north of the Equator. Southern Jūhma is generally antipodal to southern Seralton and central Šacoria.<br/> | ||
Lusaṃrīte and Jūhma, which are culturally often treated as a single megacontinent, have some among the most fertile lands on the planet and have the greatest percentage of fertile lands to total land area, which has enabled the Lusamritene and Juhmene civilizations - most notably the Dundulanyä one mostly on Lusaṃrīte and the Skyrdagor one on Jūhma - to be, at multiple times, the most advanced on the planet; however, the relative isolation of these two continents has also played against the local civilizations, as the most notable dark age among them - particularly among the Dundulanyä - came about a millennium before the present as a result of more frequent contacts with the civilizations of the Northern hemisphere, which brought to Lusaṃrīte and Jūhma diseases that spread massively across both continents, disrupting the local civilzations - a change from which only the two major ones, the Dundulanyä and the Skyrdagor, eventually fully recovered - and changing their demographical profile. | Lusaṃrīte and Jūhma, which are culturally often treated as a single megacontinent, have some among the most fertile lands on the planet and have the greatest percentage of fertile lands to total land area, which has enabled the Lusamritene and Juhmene civilizations - most notably the Dundulanyä one mostly on Lusaṃrīte and the Skyrdagor one on Jūhma - to be, at multiple times, the most advanced on the planet; however, the relative isolation of these two continents has also played against the local civilizations, as the most notable dark age among them - particularly among the Dundulanyä - came about a millennium before the present as a result of more frequent contacts with the civilizations of the Northern hemisphere, which brought to Lusaṃrīte and Jūhma diseases that spread massively across both continents, disrupting the local civilzations - a change from which only the two major ones, the Dundulanyä and the Skyrdagor, eventually fully recovered - and changing their demographical profile. | ||