Naked Massif
The granite massif covers Récif for over forty kilometres. The range is small at both ends, but much wider in the center, where it is around six miles wide. Delisgate Peak, at 8,750 feet, is the massif's highest peak.
A mountain's slope and height have a significant impact on its terrain. Eastern slopes are largely desolate, with jagged rocks and channels cut into the granite by tropical storms. Lower on the mountain, the western slopes are lightly vegetated, while the eastern slopes are more open and gentle. As the mountains rise, the warm temperatures at their foot give way to dense lichen carpets. At approximately 6,600 feet in elevation, there is a belt of thorny bushes. The summits that rise above this belt are a patchy grassland.
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