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Many other islands in the sea have long histories of habitation. Hendalarskara Christianity has a strong monastic tradition, and the Vandarch's windswept islands are natural retreats for spiritual communities and even hermits. Among the most notable is the community of [[Ísenhav]], which despite repeated raids by pirates and slavers in centuries past has been continuously inhabited by monks for almost 1,000 years, and the nunnery of [[Delkeisch]], whose mussels (farmed by the nuns) are a byword for quality in Hendalarsk. | Many other islands in the sea have long histories of habitation. Hendalarskara Christianity has a strong monastic tradition, and the Vandarch's windswept islands are natural retreats for spiritual communities and even hermits. Among the most notable is the community of [[Ísenhav]], which despite repeated raids by pirates and slavers in centuries past has been continuously inhabited by monks for almost 1,000 years, and the nunnery of [[Delkeisch]], whose mussels (farmed by the nuns) are a byword for quality in Hendalarsk. | ||
===Topology, Geology and Tectonics=== | ===Topology, Geology, and Tectonics=== | ||
The Vandarch is a particularly shallow sea, with a maximum recorded depth of 2,165 feet (660 m). The majority of the Sea is above 1,100 feet in depth (335 m), with the majority of the sea consisting of {{Wp|Continental shelf|shelf}} punctuated by undersea valleys. The shallowness of the sea is largely attributed to its postion on top of a continental plate, rather than being an oceanic body with a continental slope to an oceanic floor. The Vandarch is not tectonically active and its lowest points do not reach the depth necessary to support marked geothermal ecosystems, leading to a plethora of deep-sea coral growth and a scavenger ecosystem on the seabed based around feeding off descending carcasses or crustacean grounds. | |||
===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
===Ecology=== | ===Ecology=== | ||
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=Human Use= | =Human Use= | ||
===Fishing and Biodiversity=== | ===Fishing and Biodiversity=== | ||
The Vandarch is a plentiful fishing zone with hundreds of native species and several dozen imported freshwater ones, with coastal fishing being a key part of ancient diets among coastal Gallic and Gothic peoples. In the modern age, overfishing has become a concern, but is largely considered managed after the formation of the [[Vandarch Sea Trade Zone Organization]]. | |||
===Shipping=== | ===Shipping=== | ||
The Vandarch has had seaborne trade since antiquity, with Gaelic and Gothic traders adopting copies of [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] galleys alongside traditional longboats. Latin colonies along the coast of the [[Faneria|Ninerivers]] brought goods from the south, and the Vandarch became a conduit for rapid coastal trade as well as trade crossing between southern and northern states. | The Vandarch has had seaborne trade since antiquity, with Gaelic and Gothic traders adopting copies of [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] galleys alongside traditional longboats. Latin colonies along the coast of the [[Faneria|Ninerivers]] brought goods from the south, and the Vandarch became a conduit for rapid coastal trade as well as trade crossing between southern and northern states. | ||