> > However, Dragon Pass is pretty much the highest point on the continent
>
> How so? Have map-makers neglected to note a 1 in 6 slope on all
> the rivers, or some such? Or are you comparing the heights of
> the peaks?
Well, it does have the highest peak, but I wasn't counting the truly mountainous regions.
It is however the pass, which makes it high up. And by looking at the rivers, it's the continental divide.
OK, I just dug up a map I got from Greg years ago (which he's probably forgotten about and is thus about to redraw -- differently - -- as soon as I write this). In one elevation, the chaparral of Prax may be higher than Dragon Pass. In another, the pass looks like the highest thing around.
I happened to mention Dragon Pass weather while talking to Greg today, and he said there was indeed a glacial wind (referring to the maps in Missing Lands), and that it was quite high up.
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