Throat of the Desert

The Throat of the Desert (Jala'mashra in Abaid or Jalab Misahar in Aqarib) is a region east of the Arbanim city of Ankar. It is a rocky area composed of outcroppings of a soft red stone that has worn with the infrequent but torrential winter rains. The Throat is so called for how water sluices through the area during these seasonal rains, then descends to lower-lying lands around the region. Though rain is a rarity in the area, these deluges can be deadly in the narrow, twisting canyons that carve through the Throat.

For a short time each year, perhaps a day or two, the lower areas around the Throat become large, shallow lakes that drain off quickly into the sand. In the drier part of the year, these areas are identified by dusty green spiky plants. The people of Ankar in particular have taken to proclaiming the day after the first heavy rain a day of revelry, and families make the trip out to set up tents along the impromptu shore and play in the water before it disappears.

The Valley of the Bones
The Throat was once an integral part of an ancient kingdom located in the land to its east, but much of the memory of that kingdom has been lost, destroyed by the current ruling dynasty and otherwise covered by the blowing sand. One of the few remnants of this civilization was the Valley of the Bones (awdi quleizam in Abaid or adia lazam in Aqarib).

Appearances
The Throat of the Desert appeared in the following episodes:
 * Season 1, Ep 22: Super Market
 * Season 1, Ep 23: Ghost of Days Gone By
 * Season 1, Ep 24: A Flower in the Desert