Geography in "Bluff"

The starship William Howells surveyed an unnamed planet, focusing on the city-state of Kussara, which was located on the Til-Barsip River. Kussara was part of a region known as the Eighteen Cities contained within the Til-Barsip Valley. Among other members of the Eighteen Cities were Hurma, whose men commonly wore feather-decked turbans, and Yuzat, whose people spoken with an odd accent which made them seem to spit after each sentence.