The Zaliyan River (pronounced ZAH-lee-ahn) is a major river in Brightmarch that begins in the hilly regions between Brightmarch and the Laqto Rainforest before flowing south into the Mhasmuth Ocean. The Zaliyan is the only large river in Brightmarch that ends in the ocean rather than than Gulf of Aserdus.
The decayed ruins of ancient elven scholar-halls still line the river, remnants of the days in which Eita controlled much of Brightmarch. Today these are occasionally inhabited by passing travelers, especially by those portaging around the Zaliyan's many rapids and waterfalls, but their original elven occupants have been gone for many centuries.