Kalimdor

Kalimdor is one of the main continents of Azeroth. It sits west of the Eastern Kingdoms, southwest of Northrend and northwest of Pandaria. Night elves, orcs, tauren, trolls and draenei call it home, and ogres, centaur, naga, demons and smaller races live there too.

For ten thousand years, between the War of the Ancients and the Battle of Mount Hyjal, the continent was mostly night elf land. Since the Third War the tauren have welcomed their orc and troll allies of the Horde, and the newly arrived draenei joined the map. Today the Horde holds firm control of the center and east, while the night elves and draenei keep footholds in the northwest.

The land is very varied: icy Winterspring in the north, the Tanaris desert in the south, the woods of Ashenvale, the dry rocks of Thousand Needles and the jungles of Feralas and Un'Goro Crater.

• Durotar is the orc and troll starting zone. Zeppelins from Orgrimmar fly to Tirisfal Glades, Stranglethorn, Thunder Bluff and Northrend.
• Mulgore is the tauren starting zone, Teldrassil the night elf one and Azuremyst Isle the draenei one.
• Azshara, with Bilgewater Harbor, is a later zone for goblins.

• Northern Kalimdor: Blackfathom Deeps and the Firelands.
• Central Kalimdor: Ragefire Chasm, Wailing Caverns, Razorfen Kraul, Maraudon and Onyxia's Lair.
• Southern Kalimdor: Dire Maul, Zul'Farrak, Razorfen Downs, the Lost City of the Tol'vir, Halls of Origination, the Ruins and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, the Vortex Pinnacle and the Throne of the Four Winds.
• Caverns of Time in Tanaris: trips into the past such as Opening the Dark Portal, Culling of Stratholme, End Time, Well of Eternity and the Dragon Soul raid.

The continent's battleground is Warsong Gulch, between Ashenvale and the Barrens. Its arena is the Tol'Viron Arena in Uldum; the Ring of Valor in Orgrimmar has been removed.