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The '''Misted Mountains''' wereare a mountain range located on the eastern border of [[Shinovar]] on [[Roshar]].{{file ref|bWords of Radiance endpaper.jpg|Map of Roshar}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}}
 
== Geography ==
They served as a windbreak for the whole nation, weakening the [[highstorm]]s enough to protect the country and its inhabitants from the destructive power of the storms.{{ref|b|twok|i|4}} Due to this effect, the flora and fauna of Shinovar were not defined by surviving the highstorms, so they were vastly different from the rest of Roshar.
The Misted Mountains border several nations during the [[Era of Solitude]], including Shinovar, [[Alm]], [[Yezier]], [[Desh]], [[Babatharnam]], [[Rira (country)|Rira]], and [[Iri]].{{file ref|Words of Radiance endpaper.jpg|Map of Roshar}}
 
They servedserve as a windbreak for the whole nation of Shinovar, weakening the [[highstorm]]s enough to protect the country and its inhabitants from the destructive power of the storms.{{book ref|b|twok|i|4}} Due to this effect, the flora and fauna of Shinovar wereare not defined by surviving the highstorms, so they wereare vastly different from the rest of Roshar.
 
== Trivia ==
*The Misted Mountains, much like Robert Jordan's Mountains of Mist, are aan homage to J. R. R. Tolkien's Misty Mountains.{{wob ref|?|36|9|Look in The Way of Kings on the full map of Roshar for something similar.10394}}
 
== Notes ==
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