Baranduin

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fictional river river of Middle-earth

Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.

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Label Occurrences
Baranduin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river ⓘ
river of Middle-earth ⓘ
adjacentToSettlement Brandy Hall ⓘ
Buckland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baranduin (Brandywine) ⓘ
Baranduin River ⓘ
Brandywine Creek ⓘ
surface form: Brandywine River
appearsIn The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ⓘ
The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
cartographicSource maps drawn by J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
maps redrawn by Christopher Tolkien ⓘ
category Rivers of Middle-earth ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
crossedBy Brandywine Bridge ⓘ
The Bridge of Stonebows ⓘ
etymologyInSindarin brown river ⓘ
fandomDomain legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
surface form: Tolkien legendarium
flowsDirection southward ⓘ
flowsFrom Lake Nenuial ⓘ
flowsInto the Sea ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Buckland ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf The Shire ⓘ
surface form: the Shire
formsEasternBoundaryOf The Shire ⓘ
surface form: the Shire
hasColorAssociation brown ⓘ
hasFerryAt Buckleberry Ferry ⓘ
hasNotableStructureOn Brandywine Bridge ⓘ
Buckleberry Ferry ⓘ
surface form: Buckleberry Ferry landing
inUniverseAge existed in the Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
inUniverseFunction natural defense for the eastern border of the Shire ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
linguisticNote Brandywine is a pun on brandy and wine ⓘ
Hobbits altered the Elvish name Baranduin to Brandywine ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion Eriador ⓘ
locatedOnEasternSideOf The Shire ⓘ
surface form: the Shire
mentionedIn Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
surface form: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I
mouthLocatedIn Bay of Belfalas (legendarium-wide sea to the south-west) ⓘ
nearbyRegion Buckland ⓘ
the Marish ⓘ
The Old Forest ⓘ
surface form: the Old Forest
notableEvent Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin crossed at Buckleberry Ferry while fleeing the Black Riders ⓘ
partOf the river system of north-western Middle-earth ⓘ
relatedWork The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
separatesRegionFromRegion the Shire and the Old Forest ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn north of the Shire ⓘ
usedFor ferry crossings ⓘ
river traffic ⓘ

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Middle-earth → hasRiver → Baranduin ⓘ