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Living root bridges are a kind of tree shaping in which rivers are spanned by architecture formed out of the roots of ficus plants. Due to their being made from living, growing, trees, they "show a very wide variety of structural typologies, with various aspects of particular bridges resembling characteristics of suspension bridges , cable ...
Starbound is a 2016 action-adventure game by Chucklefish. Starbound takes place in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated universe which the player is able to explore in order to obtain new weapons, armor, and items , and to visit towns and villages inhabited by various intelligent lifeforms.
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Sir Ian Livingstone CBE (born 29 December 1949 [2]) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur.Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of the Fighting Fantasy series of role-playing gamebooks, and the author of many books within that series.
Amie Kaufman is an Australian author. She has authored New York Times bestselling and internationally bestselling science fiction and fantasy for young adults. She is known for the Starbound Trilogy and Unearthed, which she co-authored with Meagan Spooner; for her series The Illuminae Files, co-authored with Jay Kristoff; and for her solo series, Elementals.
Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge is a living root bridge in Meghalaya, India. It can be reached via trekking 45 kilometres (28 mi), or 6500 steps, from Cherrapunji. There is also a waterfall nearby. [1] Due to tourism, the health of the root bridge has degraded. [2] Meghalaya presented the root bridge at its 70th Republic Day ceremony.
Rangthylliang 1 root bridge It is considered to be the longest living root bridge, at over 50 metres (160 ft) in length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The bridge, named after the village of Rangthylliang, where various other root bridges can also be found, [ 1 ] is situated 30 metres (98 ft) above the ground. [ 3 ]
In the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, Khasi and Jaintia [10] tribal people have created living root bridges, which are a form of tree shaping. Here, simple suspension bridges are made by training the roots of the Ficus elastica species of banyan tree across watercourses. [11] There are examples with a span of over 170 feet (52 m). [12]