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The ecosystem within the bowl of the oasis is much more diverse than the desert surrounding it. Many rare plants grow, including jungle trees, cocoa, melons, and colorful flowers. Pigs, cows, sheep, and chickens graze and forage. Rarest of all upon the continent are parrots and pandas which are common within the basin.

=== Bronzed Mesas

=== Bronzed Mesas ===

The Bronzed Mesas separate the desert in the west from the central savannah. The Brass Canyons between the buttes are maze-like, which combined with the dry heat, make travel difficult. Unique to all mesas across Rhitosia are the verdant caverns. The impermeable terracotta that makes up the mesas prevents water from entering besides through small cracks; it also prevents the water from escaping. Over millions of years the water carved out caves and tunnels within the mesas. Seeds and spores that entered through the same cracks sprouted and an ecosystem formed entirely beneath the surface.

=== Savannah ===

The middle of Rhitosia is a savannah covered by tall grass and split by hilly mountain ranges. It receives more precipitation than the rest of the continent but has very little access to the sea; most of the coastline is made up of sheer cliffs. Wild horses along with the usual farm animals populate the savannah. The most unique organisms of the ecosystem are the massive acacia trees which stretch stories into the sky.

The Aben Bluff is a peninsula jutting from the northern coastline. To its west are Cape Callico and the Copper Bay. To its east is the Golden Bay, one of the few locations in central Rhitosia with sea access. There is a single mesa standing alone in the southeast of the savannah, named Al-Tifwahid. The mountains are blunted by time and consist mainly of stone, tuff, and andesite; most are topped by soil and grass. The ranges, from north to south are the Northern Range, the Karakulak Mountains, the Chitra Mountains, and the Southern Range.

=== Emerald Plateau ===

The Emerald Plateau is the massive mesa making up the eastern third of Rhitosia. It has a similar geological makeup and ecology to the Bronzed Mesas. It lacks major canyons, but there is a large flood valley carved out in the center. All precipitation in the region eventually makes it way there, with eroded sediment, making it an incredibly fertile area.

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