Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General I don't understand the game's location

It was stated in on one of Interviews that Larian took Portugal as reference for both nature and architecture. So the river Chionthar's image in BG3 more likely based on Tagus river. And that river does have sandy beaches, cliffs around and so on.
Plus, yes, tieflings said 10 days, not 3.