Nuerna River

The Nuera River (pronounced, NEW-AIR-NAH)is the principal river that flows through the Kingdom of Nuheres. It has multpile sources and tributaries that come from the Celestes Mountains, most of which converge into the Nuerna.

Because the Nuera River remains the only navigatable river in the eastern domains of the Kingdom of Nuheres, merchants from Axia or Sarthac Fall make use of river-bound shipping to take their goods and supplies as far up-mountain as possible, since pack-mules are a far less economical means of long-distance transport.

The Nuerna River drains into a floodplain in the Hadqui desert.

Anchor Holds
Because of the nature of the Nuera River, traveling too far upstream will lead to tumultous and dangerous mountain rapids that are not navigatable. The inverse is true too, since the Nuerna eventually diminishes and disappears as it drains into the Hadqui desert.

Since there is only a portion of the river that is navigatable by larger ships, there are several stations and ports along the river called Anchor Holds that exist for the purpose of switching rivercraft, by increments of distance upstream, smaller and smaller craft are neccessary to safely navigate the mountain waters.

There are several zones that describe the size of craft that navigate the Nuerna River:

Sarthac Fall
On the downstream end, the shallowest navigatable port is the Anchor Hold of Sarthac Fall. Attempting to navigate past Sarthac Fall is considered impossible, because from that point on, the Nuerna River becomes increasingly shallower as it empties into the floodplains and canyons of the Hadqui.

Bazal Zone
The Bazal Zone is the colloquial term for the portion of the Nuerna River that is navigatable by the largest river ships. The current of the Nuerna River is slowest, and the river itself is widest at the basal zone. Since the largest trading cities and ports of Nuheres are situated on or near the Basal Zone, most imports into the Kingdom of Nuheres does not require shipping beyond the Basal Zone.

Alpine Zone
After a series of Anchor Holds that