Difference between revisions of "Compendium: Planet Characteristics"

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Habitable planets will have one of the following land cover types:

Barren: predominately land that is too poor to produce much or any vegetation.
Desert: receives little precipitation which results in harsh conditions that are hostile to plant and animal life. Geography often consists of sand, dunes, and exposed rock.
Forest: dominated by perennial plants with long trunks supporting branches and foliage.
Grassland: flowering plants often with a stem that is hollow but does not support foliage.
Ice:extended mass of ice covering the majority of the planet.
Jungle: overgrown forest co-mingled with tangled vegetation.
Marsh: land that is saturated with water on a regular or persistent basis and is dominated by plants with long stems and little to no foliage.
Mountain:
Prairie:
Rocky:
Savanna:
Swamp:
Telluric:
Tundra:
Wetland:

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 *<u>Desert</u>: receives little precipitation which results in harsh conditions that are hostile to plant and animal life. Geography often consists of sand, dunes, and exposed rock.
 *<u>Forest</u>: dominated by perennial plants with long trunks supporting branches and foliage.
-*<u>Grassland</u>: flowering plants often with a steam that is hollow but does not support foliage.
+*<u>Grassland</u>: flowering plants often with a stem that is hollow but does not support foliage.
 *<u>Ice</u>:extended mass of ice covering the majority of the planet.
-*<u>Jungle</u>:
+*<u>Jungle</u>: overgrown forest co-mingled with tangled vegetation.
-*<u>Marsh</u>:
+*<u>Marsh</u>: land that is saturated with water on a regular or persistent basis and is dominated by plants with long stems and little to no foliage.
 *<u>Mountain</u>:
 *<u>Prairie</u>: