Portal:Geography

Although the main focus of the Forgotten Realms is undoubtedly the continent of Faerûn, you can explore any of the other charted continents on this fascinating planet. Dive into a richly detailed world established over many decades, using the comprehensive collection of articles here.

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Faerûn

Northwest
Areas: High Forest • Savage Frontier • Silver Marches • Sword Coast • Sword Coast North
Towns & cities: Luskan • Mirabar • Neverwinter • Ten Towns • Waterdeep
Features: Evermoors • Lurkwood • Mere of Dead Men • Neverwinter Wood • Spine of the World
Rivers: River Mirar • River Surbin
North
Areas: Dalelands • Empire of Shadows • Moonsea • Reghed • The Ride • Thar • Tortured Land • The Vast
Towns & cities: Harrowdale • Myth Drannor • Ordulin • Scardale • Tilverton • Zhentil Keep
Features: Border Forest • Cormanthor • Dragonspine Mountains • Galena Mountains
Rivers: River Arkhen • River Ashaba • Duathamper • River Lis • River Tesh
Northeast
Areas: Damara • Great Dale • Impiltur • Hordelands • Narfell • Rashemen • Thesk • Vaasa
Towns & cities: Bildoobaris • Immilmar • Lyrabar • Telflamm
Features: Earthspur Mountains • Forest of Lethyr • Giantspire Mountains • Great Glacier
Rivers: Pelauvir • Soleine
West
Areas: Amn • Baldur's Gate • Calimshan • Evereska • Lantan • Moonshae Isles • Nelanther Isles • Nimbral • Tethyr • Western Heartlands
Towns & cities: Athkatla • Beregost • Calimport • Darromar • Iriaebor
Features: Calim Desert • Forest of Mir • Forest of Tethir • Cloudpeak Mountains
Rivers: Chionthar • Ith • Shining Stream
Interior
Areas: Chondath • Cormyr • Dragon Coast • Hlondeth • Pirate Isles • Sembia • Sespech • Turmish • Shining Plains
Towns & cities: Alaghôn • Arrabar • Ordulin • Ormath • Suzail • Westgate
Features: Chondalwood • Elven Court • Myth Drannor • Thunderpeak Mountains
Rivers: Arkhen
East
Areas: Aglarond • Altumbel • Chessenta • Chondalwood • Mulhorand • Murghôm • Thay • Unther
Towns & cities: Cimbar • Eltabbar • Messemprar • Port Ghaast • Skuld • Velprintalar
Features: Dragonjaw Mountains • Thaymount Mountains • Yuirwood
Rivers: Adder • Clearflow • River of the Dawn • River of Swords
Southwest
Areas: Chult • Lapaliiya • Samarach • Tashalar • Thindol
Towns & cities: Mezro • Narubel • Tashluta
Features: Jungles of Chult • Valley of Lost Honor • Wild Coast
Rivers: Samar
South
Areas: Border Kingdoms • Dambrath • Great Rift • Halruaa • Lake of Steam • Shaar
Towns & cities: Alamontyr • Cathyr • Derlusk • Halarahh • Rethmar
Features: Bandit Wastes • Forest of Amlar • Hills of the Dead Kings • Misty Vale
Rivers: Helar • Maeru • Rith • Tumblestone River
Southeast
Areas: Durpar • Estagund • Luiren • Ulgarth • Var the Golden • Veldorn
Towns & cities: Beluir • Chavyondat • Vaelan
Features: Lluirwood • Giant's Belt Mountains • Gurna mountains • Raurin
Rivers: Gundan • Liontongue

In addition to Faerûn, other continents on the planet Abeir-Toril have been populated.

Kara-Tur 

The oriental continent to the east of Faerûn.

Maztica 

A "new world" setting on a continent far to the west of Faerûn.

Zakhara 

South of Faerûn, an arabian-inspired continent detailed in the Al-Qadim setting.

Waterdeep, also known as the City of Splendors, is the most important and influential city in the North and perhaps in all Faerûn. For this reason it is considered part of the Western Heartlands of the Realms, even though it lies 150 miles north of Daggerford on the shores of the Sword Coast. The city sits "slightly above the 45 degree north latitude line on Toril." The road to Waterdeep is well paved and well patrolled. The city is the hub of trading from the mineral-rich lands to the north, the merchant kingdoms of Amn and Calimshan to the south, the kingdoms of the Inner Sea to the east, and the sea kingdoms and traders to the west.