This page could use further elaboration on abstract features.
Geography is one of the six primary topics of the Encyclopedia Mysenvaria. Geography is a complex scientific branch which focuses on the study of the Plane’s physical and abstract features. It includes many other scientific branches such as paleontology, meteorology, biogeography, climatology, and more. It’s also vital to crafts like cartography.
Geography serves as the foundation to other primary topics, like history and biology. Like the other primary topics in the Encyclopedia, geography is also divided into a multitude of sub-topics, those being natural features, artificial features, abstract features, astrography, and phenomena.
Natural Features
Natural features are what most people think of when they hear of geography. They are geographical features formed through natural phenomena like weather, volcanism, and tectonics. Natural features vary greatly dependent on their physical position, makeup, formation, and many more factors.
Examples of natural features include the ocean, Southern and Northern Continents, rivers, mountains, biomes, and more. Natural features are fundamental to the development of ecosystems, biomes, and climates.
Artificial Features
Artificial features are the opposite of natural features, they are constructed or modified through artificial means using technology. Humans, dwarves, and elves can create artificial features by altering the environment around them. Buildings, cities, roads, and dams are all examples of artificial features. They can also be more nuanced imitations of natural features, like artificial lakes and canals.
The study of these kinds of features is often tied to the study of history. Structures like temples can say a lot about the past, teaching us about distant cultures and arts which may not exist today. Artificial features may be made for defense, worship, or to tell a message.
Abstract Features
Abstract features fall under the category of intangibility. They are not physical in nature, although artificial features may be constructed to represent them, such as a border wall. Abstract features exist as political borders and cartographical contours like span and reach.
Astrography
Astrography is focused on the study of stars, which are considered to be natural features of the Plane. Despite this, stars garner their own distinct sub-topic in the Encyclopedia due to the vastness of the topic. Astrography is practiced by astronomers, and deals with the study of star’s movement, influence, translations, and position. There are thousands of stars which dot the sky of the Plane, and as such documenting them all is a gargantuan task deserving of its own category of organization.
Stars have a significant impact on the Plane, and beyond that are important markers of historical events. Stars are divided into three categories, those being legal, index, and documentary stars. For more information on the different kinds of stars, how they are translated, and their importance on historical documentation see the stars page.