Weather of the Deepingdale

There is few information about the specific weather of the Deepingdale:

1 – “...except the season of snows…”[1]. It indicates the existence of a seasson that snows in the Deepingdale.

2 – “So damp a landi s much given to mists. “Faerie time” in Deepingdale is when mist lies like a ghostly shroud low over the land. When the fog hangs so, a mounted ridar can see over it, but she drops down into its concealing confines if she descends from her saddle”[2].

3 – The Elminster’s Ecologies has a map (p.266) of the levels of precipitation in the Dalelands whose the selected cut shows the region of the Deepingdale:

Hydrography of the Deepingdale

When speaking in the rivers of the Deepingdale three names arise with great frequency:  the Wineflow, the Deeping Stream and the Glaemril; however, there is much confusion as to which each is and often a flow of water that is recorded on a map as Wineflow or Deeping Stream appears registered in another as Glaemril. This confusion is resolved when you read in Volo's Guide, that "only above the intersection with the Wineflow is the Glaemril the Deeping Stream"[1]. Thus, we can conclude that only after meeting the Wineflow with the Deeping Stream the water flow should be called Glaemril; this information is confirmed when the Volo's Guide (p, 94) states about the "Glaemril and its tributaries (the Deeping Stream and the Wineflow"). According to the Volo's Guide this confusion regarding the names of the rivers is due to the fact that “the Deeping Stream and the Wineflow rise and then disappear into sinkholes many times only to reappear nearby and run for a short space before vanishing again. (This confusing tendency is the reason they appear in so few maps or are mistakenly recorded as Glaemril ...) [2]”.

2.1. The Wineflow

It is not always possible to clearly distinguish the information which refer to the Wineflow of those regarding the Glaemril as a whole, so it is interesting complements them with the information presented about the Glaemril.

Topography of Deepingdale

1.1. The Altitude of the Deepingdale

The Deepingdale comprises a relatively high area in relation to the Sea of Fallen Stars, as can be deduced from the map below:

Picture 1: Cross Section at "F" of the western realms of Faerûn.

 

Picture 1: Cross Section at "F" of the western realms of Faerûn.

 The Dalelands is located to the left of the Dragon Reach and show growing heighten altitude to the right, i.e from the level of the Sea of Fallen Stars (or Dragon Reach) to the highest point, the Thunder Peaks - before reaching Cormyr. The same region (the cross-section F[1]) can be seen at the red line in the picture below from another perspective:

Map 1: Red line at the cross-section “F” of the western realms of Faerûn