Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 241 | It is View more quotes about common">common for many of the shallow, meandering rivers of the area to run dry in the summer. |
| 2 | 242 | Rapid temperature shifts are not unusual. |
| 2 | 243 | A pond may unexpectedly freeze in En'Kara and, late in Se'Var, a foot or two of snow may be melted in a matter of hours. |
| 2 | 244 | Sudden storms, too, are not unprecedented. |
| 2 | 245 | Sometimes as much as twelve inches of rain, borne by a southern wind, can be deposited in less than an hour. |
| 2 | 246 | To be sure, this rain usually runs off rapidly, cutting crevices and gullies in the land. |
| 2 | 247 | A dry river bed may, in a matter of minutes, become a raging torrent. |
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It is common for many of the shallow, meandering rivers of the area to run dry in the summer.
Rapid temperature shifts are not unusual.
A pond may unexpectedly freeze in En'Kara and, late in Se'Var, a foot or two of snow may be melted in a matter of hours.
Sudden storms, too, are not unprecedented.
Sometimes as much as twelve inches of rain, borne by a southern wind, can be deposited in less than an hour.
To be sure, this rain usually runs off rapidly, cutting crevices and gullies in the land.
A dry river bed may, in a matter of minutes, become a raging torrent.
- (Savages of Gor)