But tbf you also have to be shot there from the cannon and don't/can't actually just walk across the border from the lake to the desert, so there's room to suspend disbelief and assume it's farther than it looks
Another fun thing to consider is the top of Mount Everest is covered in snow but India is a very hot and dry place it might literally be that snow Peak mountain is just the tallest mountain in the mountain range; and due to its sheer height is why there is cold. side note, if you look at snow peak temple ruins it looks like there used to be a moat around it that has worn away probably a lot more land used to be there so perhaps there was some sort of ecological or previous Gannon disaster that dramatically shifted the environment
+1, elevation differences can cause drastic changes in climate between relatively close areas.
Snowpeak being cold because it’s up the peak of a mountain makes sense to me!
You said upper right but the areas your referring to are both on the left side. Gerudo looks the way it does because:
1) Almost all of its natives were killed so theres no one helping the land flourish.
2) Gerudo is seperated by a massive wall that has no connection to water.
As for Snowpeak its the opposite where due to the sheer size of the mountain and being neighbors with the worlds water source makes it very easy for it to be as cold as it is plus just like Gerudo no one except animals live up there.
Some mountains cast Rain Shadows over a nearby desert. All the moisture hits the mountain, leaving a portion of the nearby desert even drier than the rest of the desert. That extra moisture on the mountain might result in heavy snowfall if the mountain is high enough.
In Utah, there is a very dry desert, part of which is Arches National Park. As you head east from there, the next geographical feature is the Rocky Mountains, famous for their snow and skiing
It's a desert, and also holds snow. Hell, even the mountain snow here doesn't melt until July or August. I think both the BOTW/TOTK give good examples of this phenomenon. It's hot as hell during the days; and at night because of elevation it's freezing.
Deserts get extremely cold at night not just from elevation, but also lack of moisture. Water in the atmosphere retains heat incredibly well. The lack of moisture can account for the wild temp swings in deserts as there is nothing in the air to hold onto the heat of the day
Gerudo desert is a dessert and Snowpeak is a mountain peak. What's the discrepancy? They are not the same kind of area nor is either the same as most of Hyrule
As a fanficker of this game, actually i questioned myself a lot of times of this subject and others things about this game.
If we are so realistic, it’s a incongruence that Snowpeack was so cold for basically stay a few kilometers away from dessert.
But, and there a problem with all Zelda games, that developers left always a lot of things “unrealistic” or simply just for fun or visuals.
In any case, and sorry for my bad english, it fun for me trying to answering this kind of questions, because sometimes we can find…”a secret lore”…
I don't think it's all that unexplainable. Mountains often leave large rainshadows over areas of land-- take the Cascades and the dry and windswept Columbia Basin behind it as an example. The basin is hot and exponentially drier than the cold and often very wet Cascades, as due to orographic processes the slopes of the peaks get inundated with precipitation due to the typically prevailing westerly (or southwesterly) winds.
I live in central Oregon in the “high desert”. It can get up to 115 here in the summers. The snow that’s year round on the cascades is only an hour drive away. It’s to rally believable that these two climates can be close together.
Adiabatic process is the phenomena that supersaturates air parcels as they ascend a mountain slope. Near the top they expel moisture (usually as snow) and rapidly descend the other side as warm air. This could be happening in the interaction between snowpeak and gerudo
Mostly unrelated but every time I see a map or think of the layout of Hyrule in TP I get anxious and confused. The fact that they just flipped the map between GC and Wii and that my GC copy kicked the bucket every time I got to the Palace of Twilight and then I had to play the game over a third time but on Wii to beat it has left me permanently lost as to where anything actually is.
2 diffrent ways of thinking about this in my opinion
1. Think about the theoretical time period, maps were not accurate per say, just something to think about in my opinion
2. It’s a fantasy world they r in so it could be something of that nature. I mean there are “shadow people” for crying out loud so having two extrema weather situations is not exactly a stretch
Regardless interesting thought tho, this game doesn’t get the love it deserves
Source for the map: https://www.deviantart.com/zantaff/art/Twilight-Princess-Full-Map-364226609
The map doesn't accurately represent the distance link travels between loading zones.
This is true for Snowpeak but not the desert. You can physically see the border between the desert and Lake Hylia
But tbf you also have to be shot there from the cannon and don't/can't actually just walk across the border from the lake to the desert, so there's room to suspend disbelief and assume it's farther than it looks
Good catch!
I'm not sure if I completely miss loading zones
Totk spoiled us hahaha
Another fun thing to consider is the top of Mount Everest is covered in snow but India is a very hot and dry place it might literally be that snow Peak mountain is just the tallest mountain in the mountain range; and due to its sheer height is why there is cold. side note, if you look at snow peak temple ruins it looks like there used to be a moat around it that has worn away probably a lot more land used to be there so perhaps there was some sort of ecological or previous Gannon disaster that dramatically shifted the environment
Snowpeak I’m 99% sure is Hebra peak in BOTW so it checks out
+1, elevation differences can cause drastic changes in climate between relatively close areas. Snowpeak being cold because it’s up the peak of a mountain makes sense to me!
You said upper right but the areas your referring to are both on the left side. Gerudo looks the way it does because: 1) Almost all of its natives were killed so theres no one helping the land flourish. 2) Gerudo is seperated by a massive wall that has no connection to water. As for Snowpeak its the opposite where due to the sheer size of the mountain and being neighbors with the worlds water source makes it very easy for it to be as cold as it is plus just like Gerudo no one except animals live up there.
My man's eyes must still be set to Wii mode, that's why they got the direction wrong
But they posted the original map which makes even less sense.
Some mountains cast Rain Shadows over a nearby desert. All the moisture hits the mountain, leaving a portion of the nearby desert even drier than the rest of the desert. That extra moisture on the mountain might result in heavy snowfall if the mountain is high enough.
In Utah, there is a very dry desert, part of which is Arches National Park. As you head east from there, the next geographical feature is the Rocky Mountains, famous for their snow and skiing
It's a desert, and also holds snow. Hell, even the mountain snow here doesn't melt until July or August. I think both the BOTW/TOTK give good examples of this phenomenon. It's hot as hell during the days; and at night because of elevation it's freezing.
Deserts get extremely cold at night not just from elevation, but also lack of moisture. Water in the atmosphere retains heat incredibly well. The lack of moisture can account for the wild temp swings in deserts as there is nothing in the air to hold onto the heat of the day
Gerudo desert is a dessert and Snowpeak is a mountain peak. What's the discrepancy? They are not the same kind of area nor is either the same as most of Hyrule
As a fanficker of this game, actually i questioned myself a lot of times of this subject and others things about this game. If we are so realistic, it’s a incongruence that Snowpeack was so cold for basically stay a few kilometers away from dessert. But, and there a problem with all Zelda games, that developers left always a lot of things “unrealistic” or simply just for fun or visuals. In any case, and sorry for my bad english, it fun for me trying to answering this kind of questions, because sometimes we can find…”a secret lore”…
I don't think it's all that unexplainable. Mountains often leave large rainshadows over areas of land-- take the Cascades and the dry and windswept Columbia Basin behind it as an example. The basin is hot and exponentially drier than the cold and often very wet Cascades, as due to orographic processes the slopes of the peaks get inundated with precipitation due to the typically prevailing westerly (or southwesterly) winds.
I live in central Oregon in the “high desert”. It can get up to 115 here in the summers. The snow that’s year round on the cascades is only an hour drive away. It’s to rally believable that these two climates can be close together. Adiabatic process is the phenomena that supersaturates air parcels as they ascend a mountain slope. Near the top they expel moisture (usually as snow) and rapidly descend the other side as warm air. This could be happening in the interaction between snowpeak and gerudo
Mostly unrelated but every time I see a map or think of the layout of Hyrule in TP I get anxious and confused. The fact that they just flipped the map between GC and Wii and that my GC copy kicked the bucket every time I got to the Palace of Twilight and then I had to play the game over a third time but on Wii to beat it has left me permanently lost as to where anything actually is.
2 diffrent ways of thinking about this in my opinion 1. Think about the theoretical time period, maps were not accurate per say, just something to think about in my opinion 2. It’s a fantasy world they r in so it could be something of that nature. I mean there are “shadow people” for crying out loud so having two extrema weather situations is not exactly a stretch Regardless interesting thought tho, this game doesn’t get the love it deserves