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|type={{cat tag|Mountains}}
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|world=Roshar|country={{tag|Shinovar}}
|region=Shinovar
 
|world=Roshar
 
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
 
 
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
 
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
 
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The '''Misted Mountains''' are a mountain range located on the eastern border of [[Shinovar]] on [[Roshar]].{{file ref|Words of Radiance endpaper.jpg|Map of Roshar}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}}
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The '''Misted Mountains''' were a mountain range located on the eastern border of [[Shinovar]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|twok|i|4}}
   
 
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.{{book ref|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.
== Geography ==
 
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 serve 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|twok|i|4}} Due to this effect, the flora and fauna of Shinovar are not defined by surviving the highstorms, so they are vastly different from the rest of Roshar.
 
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*The Misted Mountains, much like Robert Jordan's Mountains of Mist, are an homage to J. R. R. Tolkien's Misty Mountains.{{wob ref|10394}}
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*The Misted Mountains, much like Robert Jordan's Mountains of Mist, are a homage to J. R. R. Tolkien's Misty Mountains.{{qa ref|36|9|Look in The Way of Kings on the full map of Roshar for something similar.}}
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
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