Jungle (range) - Revision history

Tao alexis: /* Jungle Creatures */

2025-02-28T22:27:56Z

Jungle Creatures

Tao alexis: /* Jungle Features */

2025-02-28T22:25:30Z

Jungle Features

Tao alexis at 18:27, 23 November 2023

2023-11-23T18:27:14Z

Tao alexis: /* Jungle Creatures */

2023-10-16T02:23:27Z

Jungle Creatures

Tao alexis: /* Jungle Creatures */

2023-10-16T02:22:44Z

Jungle Creatures

Tao alexis at 02:20, 16 October 2023

2023-10-16T02:20:09Z

Tao alexis at 01:40, 16 October 2023

2023-10-16T01:40:04Z

Tao alexis at 01:39, 16 October 2023

2023-10-16T01:39:39Z

Tao alexis: /* Jungle Features */

2023-04-17T03:03:39Z

Jungle Features

Maxwell at 19:06, 21 December 2022

2022-12-21T19:06:55Z

@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
 The following monsters are common to jungle ranges:
-<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
+<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">
 * [[Ankheg]]
 * [[Asiatic Elephant]]

@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 Jungle is often a featureless expanse, with little change from place to place.  However, below is a list of elements and features that occasionally occur in jungle ranges:
-<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
+<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">
 * [[Aa]]
 * [[Bamboo Grass]]

@@ Line 88: / Line 88: @@
 * [[Komodo Lizard]]
 * [[Leopard]]
-* [[Lizard Man]]
+* [[Lizardfolk]]
 * [[Mandrill]]
 * [[Naga]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:23, 16 October 2023
Line 95:		Line 95:

	See [[List of Ranges]]		See [[List of Ranges]]
		+
		+	[[Category: Reviewed]]

@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 * [[Ankheg]]
 * [[Asiatic Elephant]]
 * [[Black Ant (giant)]]
-* [[Boa Constrictor (giant)]]
+* [[Boa Constrictor]]
 * [[Boar (wild)]]
 * [[Brobdingnagian Lizard]]
@@ Line 89: / Line 90: @@
 * [[Lizard Man]]
 * [[Mandrill]]
 </div>
 See [[List of Ranges]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[File:Jungle.jpg|right|630px|thumb]]
+[[File:Jungle (range).jpg|right|560px|thumb]]
 '''Jungle''', also described as a '''tropical rainforest''', manifests as a region of densely forested vegetation with a thick and intricate undergrowth, practically impenetrable without cutting through it.
 __TOC__

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 __noTOC__
 [[File:Jungle.jpg|right|630px]]
-'''Jungle''', also sometimes described as '''tropical rainforest''', describes an area of forest vegetation with a dense and tangled undergrowth that is impassable without cutting.  Jungles are distinct from sub-tropical [[Rainforest (range)|rainforest]], in that the understory of the latter is typically open of vegetation, and relatively easy to traverse.  Jungles form in low-lying areas with many streams, which enable light to reach the ground, spawning undergrowth, and upon the margins of rainforests, once again due to the greater available light at ground level.
+'''Jungle''', also described as a '''tropical rainforest''', manifests as a region of densely forested vegetation with a thick and intricate undergrowth, practically impenetrable without cutting through it.
-Jungles are among the most inaccessible places on earth, with extensive parts that are untamed and isolated from civilisation.  These regions experience no dry season, so that all months of the year receive a monthly rainfall of at least 4 in., and usually much more.  The jungle floor consists of decaying plant and [[Animal|animal]] matter and is overrun with insects.  Vast areas consist of waterlogged lowlands, or '''flooded forests''', with the water table just inches below the surface or inundating the land, such as with mangrove swamps, which occur alongside saltwater coastlines.  In high altitudes, '''cloud forests''' are characterized by persistent, frequent or seasonal low-cloud cover.
+Jungles are unlike temperate and sub-tropical [[Rainforest (range)|rainforests]] in that the underlayer is dense and overgrown.  Jungles thrive in low-lying areas, often intersected by numerous streams that give sunlight a selective opportunity to penetrate to the forest floor, while rainforests may be mountainous.  Often jungles form on the lowland margins of rainforests.
-In localized areas, typically with access to the water, indigenous peoples live as hunter-gatherers, trading high-value forest products such as hides, feathers, honey and hardwoods.  Agriculturalists depend upon slash-and-burn techniques, or '''shifting cultivation''', in order to temporarily provide soils that will grow crops.  Many plantation crops have been transplanted from naturally growing jungle plants, such as yams, coffee, chocolate, bananas, mangoes, papayas, macadamia, avocado and sugarcane.
+Among the most remote and inaccessible places on Earth, these regions remain largely untamed and cut off from civilization.  They experience no dry season, receiving a consistent monthly rainfall of at least 4 inches throughout the entire year, often much more. The jungle floor is composed of decaying plant and animal matter, teeming with insect life.  Many giant insects hunt in jungles.
 == Conditions ==
-Travellers grope slowly through jungles at reduced speeds, without visual contact of their surroundings, causing disorientation.  Oppressive heat and humidity prevail there during daylight hours, but penetrating cold can set in after dark at high altitudes.  An inch of rain can fall in 5 minutes, which will turn the jungle floor into noxious mush.  Wet vegetation muffles sound, so that even large beasts can approach to close distances easily.  Neophytes grow restless amidst the constant chatter and noise, especially at night.
+Travellers move at a slow pace, feeling their way cautiously through the thick vegetation, often without knowledge of their surroundings.  This leads to a sense of disorientation as they navigate the dense vegetation.  Jungles are known for their oppressive daytime heat and humidity, creating challenging conditions for explorers.  With nightfall, temperatures can drop sharply, producing a wet, penetrating cold.  Creating a fire is impossible for those unfamiliar with these places.
-Maps are virtually useless, and the jungle reclaims open areas, trails and even whole villages or ruins that have been abandoned.  Overland [[Travel|travel]] averages about ½ mile an hour where the going is good and ½ mile a day where it is not.  Travellers are subject to disease and fungal infections called "jungle rot," body rashes from profuse perspiration and heat exhaustion.  Tropical maladies include dengue fever, scrub typhus, malaria, typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, diarrhea, dysentery and allergic reactions to insect bites.  Blood-sucking leeches are plentiful.  Clean water is impossible to find.
+Tropical maladies further compound the risks, including dengue fever, scrub typhus, malaria, typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, diarrhea, dysentery and allergic reactions to insect bites. Blood-sucking leeches are abundantly present, adding to the discomfort and potential health concerns of travelers.  Finding a source of clean water in these challenging environments is an elusive and often impossible task.
 == Major Jungles ==
@@ Line 23: / Line 34: @@
 * [[Guinean]] - stretching from the Gold Coast to Senegal
 * [[Indochinese]] - extensive area surrounding Burma, Siam and southern China
-* [[Pacific Islands]] - located throughout the tropical Pacific
+* [[Pacific Islands]] - scattered throughout the tropical Pacific
 * [[Tamil]] - Ceylon and southern India
 </div>
@@ Line 33: / Line 44: @@
 * [[Aa]]
 * [[Bamboo Grass]]
 * [[Cave]]
 * [[Gorge]]
 * [[Hot Spring]]
 * [[Lake]]
 * [[Plantation]]
 * [[Pond]]
@@ Line 44: / Line 59: @@
 * [[Spring]]
 * [[Thorn Thicket]]
 * [[Village]]
 * [[Waterfall]]