Magna Desertum

The Magna Desertum is the largest desert in Kalimdor, consisting of the regions of the deserts of Tanaris, Uldum, Silithus and Ahn'qiraj, and  prior to the Great Cataclysm of 623KY, the Thousand Needles. It is distinct from the Greater Barrens though the boundary regions offer significant similarities, as the Greater Barrens receives some rainfall, as opposed to the almost entirely dry Magna Desertum.
Though an inhospitable region, the Magna Desertum is home to two of the world's oldest societies: the strange Pharaonic Monarchy of the Tol'vir peoples, and the sinister insectoid hierarchy of the Qiraji. Both these peoples came as sudden and surprising revelations to the bulk of the world's scholars and peoples, having been sealed behind mystical walls prior to 620KY and 623KY respectively. The region is also home to a significant segment of the global Centaur population, the crumbling empire of Zul'farrak, the enigmatic and eternal Caverns of Time, and a number of Human, Orcish, Tauren and Elven settlements.
In a particularly unusual climate aberration, the fertile and untamed Un'goro Crater lies in the very middle of the Magna Desertum. A humid and rain-drenched depression in the landscape, the crater posed a significant puzzle to attempts to explain the formation of the Magna Desertum. The discovery of Titan ruins and power sources in the crater - and its counterpart, the Sholazar Basin in frigid Northrend - has resolved this apparent impossibility. The work of incomprehensibly advanced cosmic engineers and wizards, the Crater is a distinctly unnatural phenomenon and would likely be as dry as the rest of the Magna Desertum without the strange techno-sorcerors of the Titans.A space wizard did it.
==Geography==
===Hydrography===
One of the most defining characteristics of the Magna Desertum is its general paucity of potable surface water. The available water in the region is, consequently, the natural focus of agriculture, economics, and the political structures that have developed in the great sandy wastelands. Watersheds, oases, and aquifers provide much of the region's only available water, save for in Uldum, where the great Vir'naal River provides relative comfort to the Tol'vir peoples.
==Ecology==
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===Cacti===
Cacti are a relatively rare sight in the Magna Desertum, found only in areas of particularly plentiful water. Their presence is usually greeted with delight by the native peoples, as it indicates good rainfalls or water near enough to the surface to extract with handpumps or digging. The densest concenration of cacti in the wastes is in the Thistleshrub Valley of Tanaris, home to a species of ambulatory cacti able to harvest the dew from the cool breezes wafting over the mountains. These ambulatory cacti concentrate the dew into water laden with alkaloids with powerful deliriant effects - water that formed the basis for an early version of the Noggenfogger Elixir.
Category:Magna Desertum
Category:Kalimdor
Category:Geography
Category:Deserts