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{{for|Rosharan life|a list of Rosharan flora and fauna}}
Roshar is smaller than Earth and, as a result, its surface gravity is, at 0.7g, significantly weaker than Earth's. This is part of what allows some of the native creatures to grow so large.{{qa ref|532|3|Did you have to do lots of research?|date=Sep 16th, 2010}} At one point in Roshar's past there were no large landmasses.{{reddit ref|books|2ytg2h|ct4lirw|text=I asked you at Minicon if Roshar had always been the only large landmass on the planet and I think you said that there was once no large land mass on Roshar. Did I hear you correctly?|site=Reddit|date=Jul 15th, 2015}} The supercontinent was designed by Adolnasium, following the shape of a Julia set (a mathematical formula that gives a geometrical pattern when given a seed number) using 16 as the seed number. {{reddit ref|books|54umkn|d85ty23|text=The slice of the Julia Set was the one that stuck with me as feeling perfect for Roshar. As the continent was specifically grown by Adonalsium, you now know the seed that was used in-world to create it.|site=Reddit|date=Sep 28th, 2016}}
The rainwater in highstorms is laced with a sort of slurry called [[crem]]. When crem dries, it hardens into rock. Since the highstorms always sweep from east to west, crem builds up on the eastern side of anything that stays still and isn't regularly cleaned. This process occurs both on a local scale and on a continental scale. Over time, the continent is very slowly shifting across the planet as the highstorm causes erosion and leaves crem deposits.
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