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Line 159: Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref> Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref> − The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert, rich in petrolium and metal ores such as Chromite, Bauxite and Vanadium.<ref name=MSc5/><ref name=MSc12>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 12</ref> + The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle.<ref name=MSc12>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 12</ref> The southern hemisphere is largely desert.<ref name=MSc5/> Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}} Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}}
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Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref> | Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref> | ||
| − | The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. | + | The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle.<ref name=MSc12>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 12</ref> The southern hemisphere is largely desert.<ref name=MSc5/> |
Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}} | Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}} | ||