Basalt Forest

The Basalt Forest was a forest on the planet Koboh. This forest was considered a geographical oddity, and was part of the reason that during the High Republic Era, the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order found the planet so fascinating and chose to construct one of their research arrays in the forest. Between massive, distinctive stone formations there grew lush vegetation. Additionally, deep gulches and rivers helped form a network of pathways through the forest, which provided ideal conditions for large creatures, such as bilemaws to nest. Smaller creatures, such as rawka, also nested in the Basalt Forest. The forest variant of the species fiercely defended their nests, incubating their eggs for a dozen Koboh moon cycles.

The massive basalt pillars that gave the Basalt Forest its distinctive geography, referred to by scholars as 'stone sentinels,' were formed by seismic activity deep within Koboh's crust. The seismic activity would uproot the pillars, causing them to erupt from the surface fully formed. The porous surface of the stone spires provided ideal scaffolding for rudimentary organic life to take root.

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