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== Edda ==
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The Edda supercontinent covers two-thirds of [[Harvest]]. It is capped by the [[Hugin Sea]] to the north and the [[Munin Sea]] to the south. <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest p.74]]</ref>
'''Edda''' was a [[Wikipedia:supercontinent|supercontinent]] that covered two-thirds of [[Harvest]]. It is capped by the [[Hugin Sea]] to the north and the [[Munin Sea]] to the south.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 74''</ref> Eighty-six percent of the continent is within five hundred meters of sea level, the only major change in elevation occurring in the [[Bifrost]], which cuts diagonally across the continent.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 75''</ref> This land is stated to be arable. The fertility of this land is what makes Harvest the great producer of agriculture. Edda was partially glassed by the [[Covenant]]'s ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' in [[2525]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 382''</ref>


This land is stated to be arable, from Latin, ''arare'', which means to plough. Arable is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops. The fertility of this land is what makes Harvest the great producer of agriculture.
==Trivia==
The name Edda comes from two Nordic poems; the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda written in Iceland around the 13th Century.
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
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[[Category:Harvest locations]]
[[Category:Continents]]