The Skysprings are a mountain range that surrounds the marshes and floodplains of Xatabra, separating them from the desert of the Sangora Desolation to the north and west and the only slightly less harshly arid lands to the east. Many rivers begin in the Skysprings, most notably the Rokkuz, Keteze, Xowar, and Yarbus, which together eventually flow into Lake Nulukkhaz.
The mountains were given their name by the lizardfolk of Xatabra for the sheer amount of water that rushes from them in the seasonal rains that flood the landscape.
The Skysprings almost but do not completely encircle Xatabra. One major and quite large passage exists in the north, through which the Aur River flows north into the desert, and several others can be found in the south into the territory of the Great Houses of Talmithe.