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The centerpiece of the Nesratu Basin.
From the Ur campaign notes:
The huge Nesratu River, ranging in width from 60' to 400' across, brown and silty and filled with life, snakes along the east wall of Sri. The massive northeastern gate offers a swaying but sturdy wooden bridge to the other side, but most traffic heads north along the riverbank on a wide muddy road through several miles of clearcut cropland (rice, sugarcane, coconut, banana, papaya, etc) before entering the deep jungle. Simple rafts and flatboats come down the river here with goods from the villages along the river as well as more remote destinations.
Some goods are also shipped upriver via horse or ox-pulled boats. A narrow canoe can also make it upriver at 2-3mph with several paddlers.