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|place = Anduin |
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|alias = The River,<br>The Great River,<br>River of Gondor,<br>Langflood |
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|description = The longest river in the Third Age |
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|location = Between the Misty Mountains and Mirkwood flowing south to the Bay of Belfalas |
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In ]'s fictional ], '''Anduin''' is the ] name for the '''Great River of ]''', the longest ] in the ] (the original Sindarin name means Long River). The ancestors of the ] called it '''Langflood'''. It flowed from its source in the ] and ] to the ] (Ethir Anduin) in the ]. In her '']'', ] estimates a total length of 1,388 miles (2,233 km). |
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==Internal setting== |
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===Source=== |
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The Anduin began as two different streams near where the Misty Mountains met the Grey Mountains. These were called the ] and the ] by the ] when they lived in the triangle of land formed by it. Their old capital ] was built at the confluence of these streams where the Anduin proper began. The Langwell had its source in the Misty Mountains, close to ] and the Greylin began in the westernmost heights of the Grey Mountains. |
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===Course=== |
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The upper Anduin flowed parallel to the Misty Mountains in a broad vale which formed the western part of ], lying between the mountains and ]. After passing the ] and ], the river and mountains parted company, and the river flowed through the ] (once the home of the ]) via the ] and ]s until it flowed through into the ]. There it negotiated the ] (a series of ferocious rapids), rushed past the ], and entered a lake (]). |
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Thence it plunged over the '''Falls of Rauros''' into the lower Anduin, which flowed past the Mouths of the Entwash, the marshes known as the ] (Nindalf) and the island of ]. It then passed between the ] and the ] through the ancient capital of ], ], before swinging past the harbour of ] close to the ] south of ] (Barbara Strachey, in '']'', places the harbour just outside the wall), and the Emyn Arnen and down past the port of ], entering the Great Sea in the ] in a broad ] known as the Mouths of Anduin. |
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===Tributaries=== |
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In order from north to south: the ] (Rushdown), ]'s stream,<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), '']'', George Allen & Unwin, 2nd edition (1966), ch. 2 p.63, ISBN 0 04 823045 6.</ref> the ] (Ninglor) which joined at the marshes known as the ], the ] (Celebrant), the River ], the ] (Onodló), the ], the ], the ] and the ]. The first five had their sources in the Misty Mountains, the Morgulduin and (presumably) the Poros in the Ephel Dúath on the border of ], and the rest in the White Mountains. |
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===Crossing Points=== |
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Any traveller attempting to pass into the eastern regions of Middle-earth would have to cross the Anduin at some point along its long course (unless one passed through the extreme north, risking a passage through the Grey Mountains). The ] which led from the ] into Mirkwood crossed the river at the Old Ford, to the south of ]. In the time of the ], a bridge had been there. |
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There were many bridges in the city of Osgiliath, broken by the forces of Mordor and by the Gondorians themselves in their retreat. |
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===Settlements=== |
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During the ] in the ], the ] left the ] host when faced with |
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the great heights of the Misty Mountains, and lived in the Vale of Anduin. Some |
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of those people later left and became the ] of ], but Elves |
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remained present even until the time of the ], strengthened by refugees |
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from ] (at the end of the ]) and ] (during the ]). |
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Settlements in the Vale of Anduin during the Third Age included the ] city of ], Beorn's Halls, and the ] settlements near the Gladden Fields (where ] was born). It was in the ] in the northern reaches of Anduin that ] was slain and the ] lost; and it was there, more than two millennia later, that ] found the Ring and ] took it from him. The Vale of Anduin was also home at various times to many woodmen and other folk. At the time of the War of the Ring, the descendents of ], with these some of these men, known as the Beornings, maintained a realm between the ] and ], including control of the passage of the old ford. Rhosgobel, home of ] the Brown, and the Elven Realm of Lothlórien also lay in the Vale of Anduin. |
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Once it had entered Gondor the river flowed past Osgiliath and Minas Tirith and then Pelargir, close to the sea. After the fall of Osgiliath the river effectively marks the eastern limit of Gondor's influence. |
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===Islands=== |
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The principal islands appear to have been ], on the borders of ] and ] in Nen Hithoel. ], in the north was where the ] deposited ] and Company. There was also an ], where the ] rested during their travel between Lórien and Parth Galen. |
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== Anduin Reach naming debate== |
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In March 2009 it was submitted to the ] that a 2-kilometre stretch of the Upper ] in Fiordland National Park be named "]" to honour the work of director ]'s ], which was filmed in the country. A debate was sparked as to whether landmarks should be named in honour of motion picture productions, and several newspapers ran stories when the submission was denied by the Board. |
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==References== |
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{{Portal|Middle-earth}} |
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*Ian Brodie. 2002. ''The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook'', Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 1-86950-452-6, 96 pages |
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==External links== |
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{{TolkienGateway}} |
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{{Arda Rivers}} |
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