la Glissade Formidable
Names: la Glissade Formidablethe Dreadful Slidethe Glissade
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 38 (18)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 38A steep sediment-fan cascade where the Rhône plunges over the continental brink into the dry Mediterranean basin; boats drop at about eighty km/h.
- Ch 38The name was coined by early gorf barge pilots; Tanu and others now call it the Dreadful Slide.
Connections
- part ofRiver Rhône
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 38Descent of the Dreadful Slide
The riverboat goes over the continental brink at the end of the Rhône and plunges into the empty Mediterranean basin, ending after four hours in a great bitter lake. The torc-wearers refuse Creyn's offer of oblivion.