River Turperin

The River Turperin winds through the peaks and high valleys of the eastern Zakros Mountains for a few hundred miles before it drops quickly to the lowland and meets the Celestean Sea near Mithkethrin. The last hundred miles or so could be traversed by boat, but not enough people live or labor along its route to make that a frequent occurrence. River traffic does come from Masadizyn in the south up to where the tributary, the River Acina, meets the Turperin. It is feasible to take a boat or barge from Masadizyn to the confluence of the rivers, but from there down to the lowlands, the river is too dangerous for humans. Important travelers are met at the confluence by trains of litters and bearers for the winding trip down through the mountains to the coastal plain. Others must provide their own transportation or simply go on foot. Since the travel down would require transferring cargo from a barge to some type of animal train, many merchants forgo river transportation on the Acina in favor of just bringing a caravan the entire distance.
Logging is done along the mountain reaches of the Turperin and the logs sent down the river to the capital city. At the time Mithkethrin was being built, modifications were done to the river in several spots to make the traverse smoother and to remove large rocks or other impediments that caused snags. Regular maintenance along the river means even now intervention by loggers is seldom needed to get the trees down to the city markets.

Type

River