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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Most of Niyaska is a {{wp|coastal plain}}. | Most of Niyaska is a {{wp|coastal plain}}, the Paséak Hills in the west-central region standing as the most prominent exception. The east and northeast coasts feature sandbars, barrier islands, {{wp|brackish marsh|brackish}} and {{wp|tidal marsh}}es, and {{wp|anchialine pool}}s, which are home to environmentally important and increasingly threatened ecosystems. The overall bioclimate of Niyaska is classified as supratemperate humid subcontinental. | ||
Southern Niyaska is dominated by the Niyaska Pine Barrens, a large coniferous forest composed mainly of pitch pine and white cedar. The Barrens transition into a mixed-forest ecosystem in the middle of the state that stretches upward toward the Kiygrava. Although much of Niyaska remains forested, large areas of the state have been urbanised or brought under cultivation. | Southern Niyaska is dominated by the Niyaska Pine Barrens, a large coniferous forest composed mainly of pitch pine and white cedar. The Barrens transition into a mixed-forest ecosystem in the middle of the state that stretches upward toward the Kiygrava. Although much of Niyaska remains forested, large areas of the state have been urbanised or brought under cultivation. | ||
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[[File:Cranberry Bog Pine Barrens, NJ.jpg|thumb|Coniferous forests and marshes are common across southern Niyaska]] | [[File:Cranberry Bog Pine Barrens, NJ.jpg|thumb|Coniferous forests and marshes are common across southern Niyaska]] | ||
===Human Geography=== | ===Human Geography=== | ||
Niyaska is the most densely populated Kiravian province. North Niyaska is traditionally the more urbanised part of the state, though the western edge of South Niyaska along the Parthon River is also an important urban corridor. North Niyaska has been described as "''saltilis sortasarikanton''" ("on the whole, a semi-urban expanse") containing the heavily urbanised waterfront cities of the Valēka Roadstead and more distant satellite cities such as [[Kulaparkar]], mediated by their respective suburbs, which have expanded prolifically since the end of Kirosocialism and transformed North Niyaska into a continuous economic and infrastructural region amalgamated into the wider [[Valēka Metropolitan Area]]. South Niyaska, traditionally more rural and with intensive agriculture stymied somewhat by the soil conditions of the Pinelands, is less densely populated east of the Parthon River valley, but has more recently witnessed exurban development, especially along the seacoast. | |||
===Countyships=== | ===Countyships=== | ||
'''North Niyaska''' | '''North Niyaska''' | ||