MAPS AND SCENIC IMAGES

These maps and scenic images are linked here through the graciousness and talent of the superb Xerxex for your use and enjoyment. Xerxex, who is a professional in the field of ecogeography, holds the copyrights and grants permission for any non-commercial use, including display on websites, and including "cropped" or otherwise "manipulated" versions, in the hope that these and future donations will help Gor-related geography and geology come alive for the Gorean fan community. The sole restriction is that these images may not be used on any site or in any way that promotes or depicts, directly or indirectly, child pornography or pedophilia.

Note: Gorean cartography is by its very nature conjectural. The maps and images here are based on attention to textual information found in the Gor series coupled with scientific knowledge. No endorsement by John Norman is implied.

 

Map of the Rainforests

The rainforests straddle the equator. To their south are the Ta-Thassa Mountains and the Southern Plains. To their north are part of the Ven Highlands and the Northern Plains. To their east is the corridor of plains connecting the Northern and Southern Plains, beyond which are the Voltai Mountains. To the west is Thassa.

 

Map of the Southern Plains

The Southern Plains are bounded on the east by the southern extension of the Voltai Mountains, on the south and west by Thassa, and on the north by the Ta-Thassa Mountains and the corridor of plains over which the armies of the Wagon Peoples once rode to Ar itself.

 

Map of the Rainforests and Southern Plains

 

Scenes of the Rainforests

The man-made canal project through some 400 pasangs of swamplands was undertaken to link Lakes Ushindi and Ngao.

The Falls and Cataracts of Bila Haruma lie some 100 pasangs from Lake Ngao and mark the place where the Ua River reaches the lowlands elevation.

The Ua River descends in a series of falls and plateaus.

 

Scenes of The Barrens

The Barrens is bounded on the north by the Northern Forests. This scene shows a place near the border of the Barrens and the Northern Forests where the earth is not as rich, being mostly composed of sandy soils.

This scene depicts a flower field in summer near the Northern Forests.

This picture shows grassland with small mixed forests.

This view shows small hills and a river in winter from the perspective of a high place.

 

Scenes of the Voltai Mountains

This view shows that Voltai Mountains are made of many chains and so has considerable width.

The mountains display a striking red color and rise in height to peaks with snowcaps.

This picture hypothesizes a number of features that might be expected to be found in the Voltai. The base shows a flower meadow. To the left is a fluvial valley. Up the side of the slope to the right are rounded glacial forms and a clump of till. Down the slope and across the valley, an embryonic river is detected. Overhead, partially obscuring the sun, are Foehn clouds.