Here are more specifics:
The planet has one pole (north) constantly facing the sun.
Therefore the north half is a burning desert. You can put any features in the desert you like (assorted mountains, canyons, great cracks, or just flat sand.
The south half is frigid cold. It is primarily covered by a large ocean with a few small scattered landmasses. About half of this is enacased in ice cap/snow.
Between the northern desert and southern ocean/ice cap is a narrow band of habitable land. Much of it is jungle, though there can be other features as well.
Attached is a shot of the planet from a distance. The black band in the middle is the green habitable jungles and grasslands going through the middle of the planet.
Also attached is my first try at a draft of the actual planet map. I would like north oriented to the extreme left and right so that there is more room to show the habitable area, cutting off the far northern pole. I would like south oriented toward the center so that you can show the line of the ice cap and maybe a few snow covered mountains on the islands, but otherwise cutting off most of the southern pole.
I laid out some random mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, bays, islands, etc, but the actual location of any of this is not important; you can follow them exactly or you can customize the planet in any way you like providing the following are kept:
1) habitable area roughly matches that of the small planet globe
2) south is covered by a large frigid ocean (with whatever islands you want to put in)
3) the southern portion of the large ocean is encased in ice
4) north is covered by a sizzling hot, unlivable desert
5) south pole is oriented to the center of the map with a break (no image) where the page break of the book will fall
6) north pole is oriented to the edges of the map with 2 compass roses indicating such
7) a sun is shown at either end of the map to enhance the sense that the desert is extremely hot because the sun is shining on it all day
8) there are 7 cities that can go wherever you like provided that one of them is somewhat in the desert on a lake (I show it near the top left of the map), another is on the coast nearer to the south (a cold icy city, Ezz in my picture), and another is inland away from everything and well protected by mountains (Nol-amer)
9) the central band is at least 50% jungle
10) do not label anything - I will add labels later
Again, I just put this draft map together randomly and you can detail the planet however you like, even changing the coastline, mountains, etc as long as you stay within the general parameters above.
Thanks,
Amos
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