Very nice map. Love the labelling on it. And the arid lands to the west.

I really like that you've not followed Pasis' tutorial to the letter and changed things as you needed. It's a fantastic tutorial but usually in the maps that people make from it they use the textures he supplies and the mountains, which so often are a reddy brown that wouldn't look out of place in california DO look out of place (to me at least) when surrounded by verdant grasslands and forests.

Great stuff.