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===Environmental features=== | ===Environmental features=== | ||
The parts of the surface that are not covered by polar ice caps or fresh [[water]] are equatorial brackish tidal flats and salt marshes where naturally occurring pillars of fire exist when the planet's methane condenses. Most of the Unggoy live in this area where the cold season is not as harmful to them. The planet is also home to several swamps, dire marshes,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc 308}} and shallow volcanic mountain ranges at the equator.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=209}} The world is still recovering from an environmental collapse caused by massive global over-industrialization prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} Balaho continues to experience environmental degradation and has become increasingly less hospitable over the centuries. Balaho's severe exploitation by the [[Covenant]] has only caused the environment to suffer further.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} Until the Covenant's arrival, the planet's population was threatened by two consecutive winter seasons, plagues, and a general lack of food.<ref name="enc151">''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', p. 151</ref> [[Blue Death]] is a risk to all Unggoy that were exposed to Balaho's harsh climate.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 237</ref> | The parts of the surface that are not covered by polar ice caps or fresh [[water]] are equatorial brackish tidal flats and salt marshes where naturally occurring pillars of fire exist when the planet's methane condenses. Most of the Unggoy live in this area where the cold season is not as harmful to them. The planet is also home to several swamps, dire marshes,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc 308}} and shallow volcanic mountain ranges at the equator.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=209}} The world is still recovering from an environmental collapse caused by massive global over-industrialization prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} Balaho continues to experience environmental degradation and has become increasingly less hospitable over the centuries. Balaho's severe exploitation by the [[Covenant]] has only caused the environment to suffer further.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} Until the Covenant's arrival, the planet's population was threatened by two consecutive winter seasons, plagues, and a general lack of food.<ref name="enc151">''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', p. 151</ref> [[Blue Death]] is a risk to all Unggoy that were exposed to Balaho's harsh climate.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 237</ref> | ||
===Ecology=== | |||
The planet's hostile conditions and the methane atmosphere of Balaho sustains unusually hardy forms of life,{{Ref/Reuse|enc151}} most notably the arthropod Unggoy.{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|Halo: The Essential Visual Guide}} The majority of the planet's animal life appears to consist of arthropods and other invertebrates. Some Unggoy families on the planet had ancestral fish ponds.{{Ref/Book|Id=HTF|Halo: The Flood|2}} Balaho is home to many voracious predators, with the Unggoy evolving to have a rigid exoskeleton lined with spikes and barbs along their body to deter such threats.{{Ref/Reuse|unggoy waypoint}} The luminescent [[Zap-jelly|zap-jellies]], which glowed with a faint pink light, filled the brackish seas of Balaho,<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 186</ref> with [[mud wasp]]s and [[shade crab]]s being commonly [[Hunting rock|hunted]] for sport, particularly by Unggoy youth. Balaho is also home to [[scrub grub]]s, an arthropodic pest that feeds on machinery.<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 90</ref> The methane tanks used by [[Unggoy Imperial|Unggoy Imperials]] resembles a species of [[Balahoan octopoda]], and the methane tank of [[Heavy (Covenant)|Grunt Heavies]] from [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] is equipped with analog eye sockets of a natural Unggoy predator.{{Ref/Reuse|evg4}} | |||
====Locations==== | ====Locations==== | ||
*[[Gedgow]] | *[[Gedgow]] | ||
**[[Kabakera]] | **[[Kabakera]] | ||
==History== | ==History== |