Bay of Timugai

The Bay of Timugai is a large stretch of shallow water found in west Arvel, it is cradled by the monsoon mangrove forests of the region and is host to a wide array of organisms aided by currents from the south which brought cool, nutrient rich water as well as regular eastward offshore winds pushing out warm water, drawing in nutrient rich upwells.

Many animals from the southern Polar seas often migrate to the bay as sanctuary from the cold winter months. Unlike The Known World which is notorious for its abundant seagrass, the Bay of Timugai has loose sediment, and while the bay does have its fair share of megafauna and biodiversity, it lacks large benthic feeders and as a result large predators. Large predators such as the Kurajaku are present here but are not successful nor common, with the most common and successful large predators of this bay being the Western Saltwater Crocodile.

### Dry Season

Northbound winds blow hot, arid air over the forest, drying it out, and depositing sand into the Bay of Timugai, which is why the local sediment is so unstable and doesn't support seagrass common in the known world. Mangrove forests offer some stability, and indeed a food base for herbivores during these dry months, but it is still a barren place. The bay, however, is quite the opposite. The same offshore winds which make the land so dry pushes warm surface water out to sea and draws in cool, bountiful upwells from the northbound current, filling the bay with plankton and small bait fish which in turn attracts ample hunters. This peaks during the winter, when animals fleeing the worst of the polar seas, and find this bay an excellent waystation. As it is too shallow for the likes of megalodon and motomazor to set up a reliable ambush, yet also has plenty of tiny prey, numerous cetaceans such as common, sun, and humpback whales use the Bay of Timugai as a nursery before going back south to Kaishel where the real bounties are to be found.

### Wet Season

As the warm summer months see the sea temperatures finally catch up to those on land, a reduction in pressure reverses the direction of the winds. This not only brings warm, humid air back toward land, generally supporting the coastal forests, it also calls in the abundant storms regularly raging toward the equator. These hurricanes blast the shore, sometimes several times a week, and the forest rapidly wakes up and erupts with life. Many miles of coastal mangrove swamp disperse the fury of the storm, meaning the lands get most of the fresh water yet little of its fury. To add to it all, this is the height of summer so the glacial meltwater from the mountains adds to the freshwater when it's the last thing anyone needs. The forest becomes an eden during these months, and fauna flock in from the desert for a feast. The bay isn't as productive, though some cool water is drawn in, but of course many animals have long since migrated south to the extreme bounties of the polar summer seas.

Eventually, of course, the air and water begin to cool. Winds return to their normal condition as determined by the rotation of the planet, and the arid desert air is once more carried over the forest, drying it out and pushing wind out to sea so upwells are carried in. The long season of plenty returns to the sea, while the land becomes parched once more. Monsoon season sometimes only lasts for the aftermath of the hottest month, while sometimes it persists for half the year, but mostly it goes on for a few months, from midsummer well into autumn.

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