Tuzul Massif

The Tuzul Massif is a large area of very rugged mountainous country stretching for almost a thousand miles across northwestern Shiankar. Its terrain alternates between mountain ranges and high alpine plateaus, riven with deep cleft-like valleys. It is generally dry and barren, though the floors of some of its deep valleys do shelter pockets of montane forest. It forms the northern edge of the Kar Kuzul basin; its eastern ranges (Jyord’s Anvils) encircle the northern rim of the Kar Kadash, while its western range (the Khalkus Mountains) extend towards Enyrion and are home to the major dwarven kingdom of Dhuromanda. 
The origin of the Tuzul Massif's name is uncertain, but it may share roots with that of the Kar Kuzul, given their similarity; scholars suspect both names may ultimately come from a dwarven name or loanword which was adopted by the local Daare Karsha tribes (probably the same root found in the names Kuzul-Kadrin and Kuzulnizam). This is a plausible theory given the age-old dwarven presence in the Khalkus ranges.