Alu River

Like the Pantai, the Alu River was once an untamed waterway that flooded regularly and washed away homes, farms, and whole villages. In 1115 XC (–187 I.R.), the Xha’en erected the great Lujhiran Dam and flooded the lowlands upstream and permanently tamed the Alu and the Pantai Rivers. Today, the Alu is far more sedate, flowing sluggishly through the foothills of the Tsendarkar Mountains before emptying into the ocean at the city-state of Jhohir. Nowhere near as filthy as the crowded South Pantai River, the Alu acts as a highway for the towns along its banks. Graceful stands of trees grow along its banks in many places, including the picturesque northern Xha’en willow, an especially large and attractive species.

Type

River