Jungle de Rio

**Jungle de Rio**, which is almost completely translated in Portuguese to "river jungle "as it consists of large rivers*,* is the main location in the Worlds Collide franchise. It is a widespread tropical rainforest located in the continent Dásos, where the Worlds Colliders currently live and is one of the largest jungles on the planet.

## **Background**

Jungle de Rio is a large and lush tropical rainforest, with colossally high trees and mountains, inhabited by millions of species of alien fauna and flora. It has an incredibly divserse and complex source of nature, similar to those seen on Earth It has a gigantic running river—hence its name, which takes similarities from the Amazon river. The jungle gets its popularity from a colossal mountain formation, which stands at an astounding height and can be seen for miles on.

This rainforest is known for its frequent rainfall during its wet season, and can become almost completely dry during the dry season. It borders its neighbouring region, the Spouting Sands as its desert, the Savanna as its grassland, and the Red Lands as its barren badlands, Jungle de Rio is also home to grand waterfalls and some prehistoric-esque alien creatures.

## **Places of Interest**

Several locations in O Rio are featured in various parts in the plot.

* **The Base** - A large prehistoric skull formation, terraformed to form a base or place of settlement, that is home to the Worlds Colliders. It is surrounded by types of tropical trees, specifically palms.
* **The Savanna** - A hot spot, many animal herds gather here, it's usually littered with skulls and bones, and occasional termite mounds. In *Worlds Collide: The Adventure Continues*, the Worlds Colliders travel to this part of the map to plan on how to steal a magnobird's egg.
* **The Swamp** - A moist wetland, with a sloppy solution instead of water. Sometimes found by forest floors, and has a beautiful luminosity during night time.
* **Primeiro Rio** - The largest river in the jungle, giving it its name. The river stretches across the entire continent, and its tributaries lead to numerous waterfalls and wetlands.
* **The Red Lands** - A red sanded, bandlands mesa like part of the savanna which is close to the desert, with occasional skulls and bones, and termite mounds. It also appears to have numerous geysers which go off periodically, along with oozing mud and pits of tar. It is rather close to Jungle de Rio, as the forest and Mount Kijani can be seen from a distance.
* **Mount Kijani** - The highest mountain in Jungle de Rio. It is usually home to the habitats of carnivorous animals; more specifically: groundivores, magnobirds and hackels. A better view of the mountain is seen in the sequence at the beginning of the animated series' theme song.
* **Mkondo Falls** - The biggest and longest waterfall in O Rio, leading from the main river in the jungle. This waterfall is not only beautiful, but its lake - Lake Uchafu - at the bottom has many types of marine life, bark-eaters being one of them. This waterfall was seen briefly in the animated series' theme song.

## **Information**

### Worlds Collide

After Steven forms a friendship and alliance with Bowser. Jr, they set up a temporary hideout in the jungle to prepare for their missions. As Junior feels homesick and grumpy, and regrets making friends with the hero, the duo split up after an argument. Later in the series, they find each other and apologise. The two soon find their friends and convince Bowser to give up his destructive ways, and save the multiverse. They all return to Jungle de Rio to go home, and where Skully announces his retirement to live on the exoplanet. Before leaving, Steven kindly asks if Junior would like to say around his place, under acceptance of his father.

### Worlds Collide: The Adventure Continues

O Rio has a bigger role, as its features and mysterious are continuously unfolded. And it serves as the Worlds Colliders' place of living.

## **Trivia**

* The concept of O Rio's design was from the first series with the Minecraft world used being "Hex Lands". And some design choices for real life jungles such as the Amazon rainforest, and Cretacia from Gigantosaurus.
	+ Many of the design choices are inspired by Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Donkey Kong Country Returns.
* The jungle's name was inspired by Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
* O Rio has another known neighbouring land, the Sprouting Sands.
* This rainforest's design has changed the most throughout the entire series, having jungles in South America and Africa being it's main inspiration.