Védomagne
The Védomagne is a major north-flowing river in Inner Joriscia and Messenia, generally regarded as the largest river in Messeno-Joriscia. Its drainage basin covers more than half of the area of Inner Joriscia and extends as far south as Anabbah in the western mountainous expense of the Kesruba desert, and the Hump mountains in Settecia, where the primary stream itself has its source. In the north, its tributaries drain the whole region of Translacunia south of the Severnistines and west of the Ougle Massif. In the steppe, the Khadanga ridge marks the easternmost extension of the Védomagne basin, which is drained by its tributary the Surim. At the boundary between Inner Joriscia and Messenia the Védomagne and its major tributaries merge into the Great Lakes system, before continuing in a single stream through the Janneur Valley to the Sabamic Plain in Savam where it merges with its last major tributary the Génestre. Including the Génestre, the Védomagne drainage basin reaches as far west as Elland and northern Zeppengeran. Finally, the Védomagne empties in the Arcedian Sea, where it creates a large delta.
The Védomagne has had a long importance in human history, a major conduct for trade and movement of people still to this day. Many major cities are located along its bank (or those of its major tributaries), such as Bogograd, Grivêpolis, Liski, Straviți, Novigrad, Porians, and Belny.
Nomenclature
The Savamese name Védomagne is used in both that language and Ellish to refer to the whole river system. The name originates from the Sabamic term of the "Great Old (river)". However, the river is know by many other names as it crosses different cultural areas, especially further upstream toward Settecia.
The Upper Védomagne, upstream of the confluence with the Moracha at Serscigrod, is known as the Otyuzna. Further downstream from the region south of Bogograd to Lake Bocha the river is known as the Tavda. In the Great Lakes region the Védomagne is divided into two major rivers as it passes from Lake Velic to Lake Gorya: the Barzetta and the Potochi.
List of major tributaries
- Génestre (left)
- Sarantaporos (right)
- Breganitsa (right)
- Surim-Tosna (right)
- Moracha (left)