Pern is noted for its high incidence of cave systems, particularly in the Northern Continent.

The arrival of Thread and the eruption of Mount Garben, both consequences of a close pass by the Red Star, forced the evacuation of first Landing, and then the entire Southern Continent, to Fort Hold on the Northern Continent.

Circumstances then constrained human settlement for the next twenty-five centuries to the tectonically stable, cave-riddled Northern Continent.

For example, the Harper Hall and Healer Hall of the Northern Continent are both located in Fort Hold.

It is located in the mountains of the Southwestern peninsula of the Northern Continent.

It is located in the mountains of the northeast coast of the Northern Continent.

High Reaches is the highest in elevation, located in the northwestern mountains of the Northern Continent.

It is located in the central northern mountains of the Northern Continent.

Ista Weyr is located on the Big Island ( directly south of the central point of the Northern Continent ) in a caldera that opens to a tropical bay.

It is a desert Weyr located in the south central region of the Northern Continent.

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Suikoden, Suikoden II and Suikoden III are set on the Northern Continent, a land mass composed of several regions.

Suikoden takes place in the Scarlet Moon Empire, which is located on southeastern coast of the Northern Continent, and is composed primarily of the Toran region, with Lake Toran at its centre.

Sharing Dunan's western border and north of Tinto are the Grasslands, which stretch from the centre of the Northern Continent to a small portion of the continent's west coast.

Directly west of the Grasslands and bordered in the east by Tinto is the Zexen Confederacy, located on the west coast of the Northern Continent and historically an offshoot of the Grasslands.

Other major areas on the Northern Continent include the Kooluk region and Kanakan.

Lying directly south of the Northern Continent is the ocean and several islands, including Obel, Middleport, and Razril.

West of the Northern and Southern Continents and the Island Nations is a landmass referred to as the Western Continent, of which few details are known.

Provisional IRA activity also increased across Northern Ireland with thirty British soldiers being killed in the remaining months of 1971, in contrast to the ten soldiers killed during the pre-internment period of the year.

One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross ( in contrast to the Southern Cross ).

It was given in contrast to the Norðreyjar, or the " Northern Isles " of Orkney and Shetland.

In contrast to the Northern Italian language, southern Italian dialects and languages were largely untouched by the Franco-Occitan influences introduced to Italy, mainly by bards from France, during the Middle Ages but, after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, Sicily became the first Italian land to adopt Occitan lyric moods ( and words ) in poetry.

In contrast, Stalin and allies proposed that alliances with capitalist political parties were essential to realising a revolution where Communists were too few ; said Stalinist practice failed, especially in the Northern Expedition portion of the Chinese Revolution ( 1925 – 1927 ), wherein it resulted in the right-wing Kuomintang ’ s massacre of the Chinese Communist Party ; nonetheless, despite the failure, Stalin ’ s policy of mixed-ideology political alliances, became Comintern policy.

Hurricanes and tropical storms ( massive low-pressure systems ) spin anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere ( by contrast, they spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere ).

In contrast to Orion, it is in the period November – January ( summer in the Southern Hemisphere, winter in the Northern Hemisphere ) when Ophiuchus is in the daytime sky and thus not visible at most latitudes.

Languages that contrast three quantities in diphthongs are extremely rare, but not unheard of ; Northern Sami is known to contrast long, short and " finally stressed " diphthongs, the last of which are distinguished by a long second element.

By contrast, through April 2009, the return leg of the flight from Washington to Johannesburg was a non-stop 15-hour flight, with better performance of the aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia where the airport is 95 meters ( 313 feet ) above sea level.

Thus, Northern Valencian dialects contrast forms like ( jo ) cantava ' I sang ' with ( ell ) cantava ' he sang ', but merges ( jo ) cante ' I sing ' with ( ell ) canta ' he sings '.

In contrast, the Northern Screamer is relatively rare and consequently considered near threatened.

By contrast, the strongest emphasis on secular-rational values and self-expression values is found in the Protestant societies of Northern Europe.

In contrast, research on watersheds in the Northern United States and Canada shows that beavers provide ecological benefits by creating ponds that increase fish and bird abundance and diversity.

Therefore Northern Rhodesia attracted little white settlement, in contrast to its southern neighbour.

In contrast to Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia followed a policy of ' Indirect Rule ' of African areas, where the administration attempted to build up self-governing institutions within the African community and to leave them to their own devices.

They are called " Western " in contrast to the " Northern " Indo-Scythian satraps who ruled in the area of Mathura, such as Rajuvula, and his successors under the Kushans, the " Great Satrap " Kharapallana and the " Satrap " Vanaspara.

Thus the term Romània came to be used to refer to the territory administered by the Exarchate of Ravenna in contrast to other parts of Northern Italy under Lombard rule, named Langobardia or Lombardy.

In contrast Northern and Central Italy had become far more prosperous, with the City-States among the wealthiest in Europe.

In contrast to finger counting, the Yuki people ( indigenous Americans from Northern California ) keep count by using the four spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.

In contrast to the perception of the Irish Free State's policy of preserving areas of Irish-speaking countryside, activists in Northern Ireland concentrated on ensuring Irish could survive in urban contexts, organising trips to Irish-speaking areas to bolster urban enthusiasm.

In contrast to the art of Northern Europe, the Spanish art of the period appealed to the emotions rather than seeking to please the intellect.

In contrast with Westminster system cabinets, which generally need only be backed by a majority of legislators, ministerial positions in the Northern Ireland Executive are allocated to parties with significant representation in the Assembly.

A number of Native American languages like Northern Paiute stand in contrast to European notions of tense because they always use relative tense, which means time relative to a reference point that may not coincide with the time an utterance is made.