Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 344 | Its View more quotes about width">width, however, about two pasangs above Schendi, is constricted by the embankments. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 341 | At its eastern end, of course, at one point, the Nyoka, channeled between stone embankments, about two hundred yards apart, flows into it. |
| 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. |
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At its eastern end, of course, at one point, the Nyoka, channeled between stone embankments, about two hundred yards apart, flows into it.
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.
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