Crimson salt-flats
Geography
The Osephi desert once had many more lakes before the formation of the Kaas range. Though ever since Ascendant Osephi lifted the range from deep beneath the sands, many of those lakes were cut off and dried up.
What remains now are flat expanses set within the deep basins. The salt within is a mixture of white and red, where the majority is red.
Ecosystem
Red slimes frequent the salt flats in order to shed excess mass from themselves. Causing the red gel to mix with the salt, thus earning it the unique red color and name, Crimson Salt.
Localized Phenomena
The flats store heat during the day and discharge it during the eclipse hours, due to the unique composition of these crystals, the heat is expelled in the form of light. Thus painting the Osephian skies with a phenomenon similar to the aurora borealis.
Natural Resources
The salt of the flats are harvested for their unique light dispensing qualities, as well as for culinary or alchemical reasons.
Many iron rocks are also found deeper under these salt flats. These were likely minerals that had washed down from the mountains and settled deep into the terrain.
History
The crimson salt flats used to be channels, rivers and lakes that moved through the country, coming in from the western side. These lakes dried up after the formation of the geburah mountains had isolated the flows of water, forcing them to move west and into the now wetlands of Jembani.
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