Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-25672535-20150414014158/@comment-4750818-20150416145603

I like all your ideas, but I have a few small ideas:

Igneous Rocks
Should be separated into Igneous Extrusive and Igneous Intrusive rocks. Igneous Intrusive rocks would be found in deep underground batholiths; they would consist mostly of granite and diorite. Occasionally, they could form large rounded hills (outcrops) near the surface. Igneous Extrusive rocks (i.e. basalt, rhyolite, andesite) can be found in volcanic areas, e.g. Petorgworaith, Mordor.

Sedimentary Rocks
These could be farther subdivided into shale, sandstone, and chalk. Each could generate randomly near the surface, or near the peaks of certain mountains.

Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphic rocks can be found in mountainous areas, between the sedimentary and the igneous layer. Several different types of rock could exist, including slate, schist, and gneiss, in order of decreasing depth. Not every type of metamorphic rock would be found everywhere. Gondor Rock could be renamed to Marble, which would only generate around Gondor.

Vegetation
Yes, those are all great ideas.

Cliffs
Yes.

Conifer Forest
Agreed! In fact, I have a picture which shows where conifer forest would have been found in Middle-Earth, based on climate models made by the university of Bristol: In fact, most areas of Middle-Earth that were within 200 miles of the sea would have been dominated by needle-leafed trees, with the exception of hot areas such as Gondor. There would also be conifers on most of the higher mountain ranges.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger 14:56, April 16, 2015 (UTC)