Sandaris Highland Park
The Sandaris Highland Park is a large stretch of protected wilderness. The park is one of the Norrab's largest single regions of protected land, 4,294 square miles in size. The park features several tourist attractions, all eco-friendly in design, such as the Sandaris Tectonic Scuba Diving Experience.
The park is situated on a tectonic plate margin, just north of the Sandaris Mountains. Tectonic activity is common, with earthquakes shifting terrain. Several freshwater lakes dot the centre of this park, where the tectonic scuba diving takes place. Trails run deep through the highlands, weaving through the rolling hills and red heather fields.
Geography, Location & Climate
Boreal forests wrap around the Sandaris Mountains, taking up around a third of the park. The rest is highland heather fields, densely populated with red and purple heather. Large rocks and boulders poke through dome-shaped hills, cliff faces emerging where strong winds have ripped away the soft clay-like soil.
History
The Sandaris Highland Park was first established as a protected region 205 years ago. It was signed into law in 1710, as one of the first protected lands on the planet. It boasts a great number of heritage sites, iconic inhabiting species, and the pressure of adamnan colonisation and influence of invasive species forced this region into a lockdown.
The park saw the continent's largest wildfire in 1856, the cause of this currently unknown. It devastated the region, around 17 million hectares of forest and heathland burned to ashes. This destroyed the entire Highland Park and much of the highlands itself. It took fifty years for this region to regrow with the help of both norrabian and adamnan activists, forcing local councils to financially aid the cause.
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