Moonsea's water [Archive] - Wizards Community

Moonsea's water [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Starglyte
10-06-07, 12:54 PM I looked and must of missed it, but is the Moonsea a freshwater lake or a saltwater one?
gaerfindel
10-06-07, 01:23 PM I don't recall that it's ever been explicitly stated. Given the size of the Moonsea, I'd be tempted to say that the water is saltly, although not as much as the Inner Sea, and nowhere near the salinity of the Shinning Sea or the Sea of Swords.

Ultimately, one should ask Ed Greenwood, I suppose.
Iakhovas
10-06-07, 01:51 PM The Moonsea is in reality a very large freshwater lake.
The Ubbergeek
10-06-07, 04:17 PM It's a BIG lake, a sort of inner sea like Lake Baikal and the Aral Sea, if you wish.
Dimensional_Drifter
10-06-07, 04:37 PM If I'm not mistaken it is connected to the Sea of Fallen Stars by a river though. It could be saltwater, although I bet the salinity would be less, perhaps a third of what the Inner Sea is.
There are large lakes that are saltwater like the Caspian Sea, and others like Baikal that are freshwater. The Moonsea however is most likely similar to the Caspian Sea.
Suin Bahhar
10-06-07, 05:00 PM It takes a lot of erosion of salty compounds to feed rivers to supply a large inland lake with enough salt to make it saline. Though if a lake has a high evoporation rate through the year it could get very salty. The Aralsea used to be fresh but got increasingly saline as most watersupply got redirected and the lake got smaller and smaller from evaporation (nowadays its turned into a dry salty plain). The moonsea climate doesnot promote lots of evaporation so the sea should be fresh or maybe brackish at most.
Dimensional_Drifter
10-06-07, 05:10 PM Suinn Bahhar, you have a point. I was thinking more about the Capsian Sea than the Aral Sea though, which is indeed a saltwater lake, although it is less salty than any ocean. The climate would have an effect on it, true. I still think that it may have about a 0.8-1.0% salinity at least. Maybe someone should ask Ed Greenwood on the candlekeep forum then. If he says freshwater, then fine.
Old Sage
10-06-07, 09:01 PM If I'm not mistaken it is connected to the Sea of Fallen Stars by a river though. It could be saltwater, although I bet the salinity would be less, perhaps a third of what the Inner Sea is.
There are large lakes that are saltwater like the Caspian Sea, and others like Baikal that are freshwater. The Moonsea however is most likely similar to the Caspian Sea.The Sea of Fallen Stars is saltwater. The Lake of Dragons and the Vilhon Reach are brackish. The Moonsea is fresh.

There is an area of freshwater west of Arrabar.
Dimensional_Drifter
10-06-07, 10:01 PM Thanks for the correction, I wasn't really sure. It still is quite a distance from the Sea of Fallen Stars so yeah guess freshwater is understandable.
Markustay
10-07-07, 12:31 AM But I still wouldn't drink it. :P

It full of Marel pee. :yuck:
Straploknight
10-09-07, 08:26 PM I heard the ogres in Thar like to whizz in it and thats really where the polluted water in the stojanw river came from, not some crazy mage like everybody thinks!
Borris
10-10-07, 01:00 AM The Moonsea is a freshwater lake.
The Lake of Steam is a saltwater sea.
Ancient Faerūnian cartographers were idiots.
Couldn't even bother to smell the water before giving it a name.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Starglyte 10-06-07, 12:54 PM	I looked and must of missed it, but is the Moonsea a freshwater lake or a saltwater one?
gaerfindel 10-06-07, 01:23 PM	I don't recall that it's ever been explicitly stated. Given the size of the Moonsea, I'd be tempted to say that the water is saltly, although not as much as the Inner Sea, and nowhere near the salinity of the Shinning Sea or the Sea of Swords. Ultimately, one should ask Ed Greenwood, I suppose.
Iakhovas 10-06-07, 01:51 PM	The Moonsea is in reality a very large freshwater lake.
The Ubbergeek 10-06-07, 04:17 PM	It's a BIG lake, a sort of inner sea like Lake Baikal and the Aral Sea, if you wish.
Dimensional_Drifter 10-06-07, 04:37 PM	If I'm not mistaken it is connected to the Sea of Fallen Stars by a river though. It could be saltwater, although I bet the salinity would be less, perhaps a third of what the Inner Sea is. There are large lakes that are saltwater like the Caspian Sea, and others like Baikal that are freshwater. The Moonsea however is most likely similar to the Caspian Sea.
Suin Bahhar 10-06-07, 05:00 PM	It takes a lot of erosion of salty compounds to feed rivers to supply a large inland lake with enough salt to make it saline. Though if a lake has a high evoporation rate through the year it could get very salty. The Aralsea used to be fresh but got increasingly saline as most watersupply got redirected and the lake got smaller and smaller from evaporation (nowadays its turned into a dry salty plain). The moonsea climate doesnot promote lots of evaporation so the sea should be fresh or maybe brackish at most.
Dimensional_Drifter 10-06-07, 05:10 PM	Suinn Bahhar, you have a point. I was thinking more about the Capsian Sea than the Aral Sea though, which is indeed a saltwater lake, although it is less salty than any ocean. The climate would have an effect on it, true. I still think that it may have about a 0.8-1.0% salinity at least. Maybe someone should ask Ed Greenwood on the candlekeep forum then. If he says freshwater, then fine.
Old Sage 10-06-07, 09:01 PM	If I'm not mistaken it is connected to the Sea of Fallen Stars by a river though. It could be saltwater, although I bet the salinity would be less, perhaps a third of what the Inner Sea is. There are large lakes that are saltwater like the Caspian Sea, and others like Baikal that are freshwater. The Moonsea however is most likely similar to the Caspian Sea.The Sea of Fallen Stars is saltwater. The Lake of Dragons and the Vilhon Reach are brackish. The Moonsea is fresh. There is an area of freshwater west of Arrabar.
Dimensional_Drifter 10-06-07, 10:01 PM	Thanks for the correction, I wasn't really sure. It still is quite a distance from the Sea of Fallen Stars so yeah guess freshwater is understandable.
Markustay 10-07-07, 12:31 AM	But I still wouldn't drink it. :P It full of Marel pee. :yuck:
Straploknight 10-09-07, 08:26 PM	I heard the ogres in Thar like to whizz in it and thats really where the polluted water in the stojanw river came from, not some crazy mage like everybody thinks!
Borris 10-10-07, 01:00 AM	The Moonsea is a freshwater lake. The Lake of Steam is a saltwater sea. Ancient Faerūnian cartographers were idiots. Couldn't even bother to smell the water before giving it a name.