Hanoth
| Hanoth | |
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 The Hanoth's middle course through the Namijan rainforest | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Trellin |
| Region | Ja'ekha, Namija |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 482.3 kilometres (299.7 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Cities | Cavari |
| Tributaries | |
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The Hanoth (Trellinese: "Wide river") is the fourth longest river in Trellin and the longest in Namija. The river rises in the mountains along the Ja'ekhan border with the Dangish Empire and flows 482.3 kilometres (299.7 mi) before entering the Bay of Pedalin below Cavari on the Sea of Velar. It is navigable for most of its length, although the middle course is too shallow for modern cargo vessels and was bypassed by a network of canals, now unified as the Middle Hanoth Navigation, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Hanoth is is heavily trafficked, as it connects the Namijan capital with the cities of Mileka and Pegeskú.
Course
The Hanoth has its source in the Vekra Laikirzh of eastern Ja'ekha, where it is only a small stream before it is joined by several others from the same aquifer. After 107 kilometres (66 mi) it reaches Namija, whose northern border it forms a part of for 32 kilometres (20 mi). Along this stretch it briefly divides into two channels around a granite landform called the Sirhyi, the Spear Rock, which is a protected natural monument. Over the next 65 kilometres (40 mi) it is joined by a number of tributaries, of which the largest is the Eskautha, also the largest tributary overall, on the left bank. The city of Mileka is built at the confluence of these two rivers.
By this point the Hanoth is one of the widest rivers in Trellin, with its biannual floods inundating huge tracts of rainforest on either side, as much as 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi) in some years. It soon enters a region of permanent swamp and wetland, the Qeqsaraken. This vast wetland supports an gives way to Lake Revuniq which, with a minimum surface area of 281 square kilometres (108 sq mi), is the second largest lake in Trellin.
The river is joined by four more main tributaries before it reaches Cavari and enters the final stages of its journey to the sea. Cavari is built on the head of the long Hanoth delta, where the river splits into two main channels. The north channel, by far the larger, splits once again after another 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and then enters the sea.