The Shallows

The Shallows (Vlakwater) is a body of relatively shallow water that separates the Sint Pietereiland from the mainland of Saridan.

The Shallows carries a large amount of commercial, transportation, and cruise shipping between all the major nations of Seleya and Majatra. Over an average month more than 1,800 major vessels pass through the The Shallows, that separate the island from the mainland, alongside thousands of smaller private vessels and pleasure craft. Several large passenger ferries make regular crossings in The Shallows between the two landmasses every day.

Weather & Climate
The Shallows is made entirely of warm water and warm water currents. The warm water flows south through the strait toward the Strait of Life where it eventually meets with the colder water of the Sea of Lost Souls, this is partially that Sea and the surrounding nations, such as Kanjor, face such violent storms.



The mix of latitude and warm ocean currents bring a hot and wet climate to The Shallows. This climate brings warm southern winds, which are relatively calm. Because of this, The Shallows serve almost as a large, warm, and calm lake and greatly boosts the popularity of Saridan with foreign tourists. The light winds, warm water, and relatively pacified waves are exemplified by the Duntrekaans nickname for the area: Vlakwater or "Flat Water".

The rains that tend to fall on the mainland of Saridan come from the north and east, but the area is so warm and humid, that they fall over the entire nation leading to its abundance of tropical or subtropical climates but do contribute to the dry seasons when the currents shift northwestward slightly and pull much rain away from the mainland and instead drop it on Sint Pietereiland which does not experience a dry season.