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Finally, here is the completed map of my fantasy world. The physical characteristics are meant to be exact as far as every mountain ridge, valley, and river branch. I didn't use any cartography software, so it's all painted digitally down to a two pixel brush where necessary for details. For the cities, those represented with all caps are independent city states. Together they form the free trade cities. The cities represented by the eight pointed star are the capitals of whichever region they are in. All other cities noted with the circle symbol are simply the other large cities of the world with populations over 150,000.
As far as terrain, I tried to make it fairly intuitive. The grayer areas with snow on them are mountains. Darker greens are forested areas. The variations correlate with the type of forest; very dark green is more coniferous, while the brighter greens represent more deciduous trees. The paler/grayish greens are typically more of a grassland or steppe, except in the mountains where they represent alpine tundra terrain. Browns and reds are desert areas with little vegetation. The major rivers are marked by the dark green tributary trees. To see the map without borders and labels covering up anything check it out here: [link]
You will certainly need to download the the whole thing to get the full experience.

Description
Finally, here is the completed map of my fantasy world. The physical characteristics are meant to be exact as far as every mountain ridge, valley, and river branch. I didn't use any cartography software, so it's all painted digitally down to a two pixel brush where necessary for details. For the cities, those represented with all caps are independent city states. Together they form the free trade cities. The cities represented by the eight pointed star are the capitals of whichever region they are in. All other cities noted with the circle symbol are simply the other large cities of the world with populations over 150,000.
As far as terrain, I tried to make it fairly intuitive. The grayer areas with snow on them are mountains. Darker greens are forested areas. The variations correlate with the type of forest; very dark green is more coniferous, while the brighter greens represent more deciduous trees. The paler/grayish greens are typically more of a grassland or steppe, except in the mountains where they represent alpine tundra terrain. Browns and reds are desert areas with little vegetation. The major rivers are marked by the dark green tributary trees. To see the map without borders and labels covering up anything check it out here: [link]
You will certainly need to download the the whole thing to get the full experience.