Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 345 | This is to control the View more quotes about river">river and protect the port. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 342 | The Nyoka, because of the embankments, enters the harbor much more rapidly than it normally flows. |
| 6 | 343 | It is generally, like the Kamba, a wide, leisurely river. |
| 6 | 344 | Its width, however, about two pasangs above Schendi, is constricted by the embankments. |
| 6 | 345 | This is to control the river and protect the port. |
| 6 | 346 | A result, of course, of the narrowing, the amount of water involved being the same, is an increase in the velocity of the flow. |
| 6 | 347 | In moving upstream from Schendi there is a bypass, rather like a lock system, which provides a calm road for shipping until the Nyoka can be joined. |
| 6 | 348 | This is commonly used only in moving east or upstream from Schendi. |
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The Nyoka, because of the embankments, enters the harbor much more rapidly than it normally flows.
It is generally, like the Kamba, a wide, leisurely river.
Its width, however, about two pasangs above Schendi, is constricted by the embankments.
This is to control the river and protect the port.
A result, of course, of the narrowing, the amount of water involved being the same, is an increase in the velocity of the flow.
In moving upstream from Schendi there is a bypass, rather like a lock system, which provides a calm road for shipping until the Nyoka can be joined.
This is commonly used only in moving east or upstream from Schendi.
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