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* J.R.R. Tolkien's [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]] has, among other things, a gigantic forest where there should be a desert, and at least one river whose path makes no sense topographically. Granted, the world was [[A Wizard Did It|created by the Ainur and shaped by a series of global catastrophes]], but there's nothing there to imply that the normal rules of climate shouldn't be taking place, especially in the Third and Fourth Ages when the world has become a round planet and the influence of the Ainur and other magical beings has dramatically decreased. At the same time, though, it is perhaps [[Justified Trope]] in areas like Lothlórien, Mordor, and Valinor that are [[Fisher King|controlled by powerful magical beings]].
** The ''Atlas of Middle-earth'' subjects it to a climatic analysis and takes into account regions such as Lorien and Mordor as being "subject to the influence of Secondary World powers".
** If the east side of the Misty Mountains is moist enough (as the name implies) and the mountains aren't too tall, there should be plenty of rainfall left to support a forest in the west. Compare the situation with the Scandinavian Mountains, the mountain range implied to be what the Misty Mountains are called in the present day. Also, not every area with trees is marked on the map, only significant old-growth forests. The east side of the Misty Mountains was once one continuous forest, but almost all of it was cut down by human settlers. During the time of the story Mirkwood is undergoing the same process.
** The route of Anduin is also a lot more explainable if you think about what Europe might have been like in the mythical past when, among other things, the sea levels were lower, such that the shallow Baltic Sea didn't exist.
* In the ''[[Everworld]]'' novels, the world was created by the mythological gods of our world, with each pantheon having its own territory. So African gods would create an area of Everworld that resembles sub-Saharan Africa, and Norse gods one that resembles Scandanavia, and if the cold, forested mountains instantly give way to hot, arid grassland, who cares? This is one of many bizarre, illogical characteristics of the universe that the characters [[Lampshade Hanging]] by saying, "Welcome to Everworld."
* In [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''A Time Odyssey'' trilogy, planets in pocket universe have mismatch of terrains brought from different times in the history as a museum.
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