Mɏelveka National Park

Dense woodlands and rolling hills and mountains cover much of the Senyan interior.

Mɏelveka National Park is a national park in Senya, covering much of the northern expanse of Senyan Arboria. The park largely consists of rolling hills covered in ancient woodlands which serve to separate Senya Proper from Northern Senya and Lamantia.

The name comes from the Mɏelveka hills, the name of the range of hills that dominate the park.

History

For centuries, the Mɏelveka served as a natural dividing line between the Senyan people, who had previously been scattered across Northwestern Apollonia. Following the establishment of the Senyan state in 1589 AN, those west of the Mɏelveka found themselves under the authority of the Senyan state, and there was large scale migration from ethnic Senyans to this area across the park. This continued until the expansion into Senyan Arboria, and has pretty much halted entirely following the expansions into Northern Senya.

After the woodlands fell under the control of the Senyan state, they became protected as a national park, with conservation teams established to look after the wildlife and the plants and trees of the forest. The national park's fringes have become popular destinations for walking, mountain biking and camping, but the further into the woods one goes, the less accessible they become and nature takes an increasing foothold. Park rangers often use advanced tracking systems to ensure they can navigate within the park's interior, and coloured tape is often used to mark passage on trees deep into the woodland.

Scar of Mɏelveka

The Scar of Mɏelveka is a distinct feature of the landscape that was first identified by astronauts from the Senyan Space Station when first trying to take aerial photographs of the country from orbit. The scar consists of a geological formation which has produced a protruding rock formation that varies between a few centimetres and a 1,000 metres in height. The scar is also surrounded by areas which have considerably less vegetation than the rest of the Mɏelveka, which enables it to be seen from space. The scar is roughly 204 km long and varies in width between 50 metres and 12 km.