Brown Lands

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The Brown Lands are a desolate, treeless wasteland in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, lying east of the Anduin and south of Mirkwood, long ago ruined and left barren.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
the Brown Lands 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
region of Middle-earth
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
associatedWith Sauron’s devastation of the East
category Locations in The Lord of the Rings
Regions of Rhovanion
characteristic barren
desolate
dry
lifeless
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs brown with withered grass
without living green thing
without trees
formerCondition fertile land
green and pleasant country
languageOfName Westron
locatedEastOf Anduin NERFINISHED
locatedIn Rhovanion NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Emyn Muil NERFINISHED
locatedOn eastern side of the Anduin
locatedSouthOf Mirkwood NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Rhûn NERFINISHED
mentionedBy Aragorn NERFINISHED
Gandalf NERFINISHED
nearbyFeature Anduin NERFINISHED
Dead Marshes NERFINISHED
Emyn Muil NERFINISHED
Mirkwood NERFINISHED
notableFor complete absence of trees
sign of Sauron’s past power
partOf Wilderland NERFINISHED
ruinedBy Sauron NERFINISHED
ruinedByEvent warfare of Sauron
ruinedIn Second Age
terrainType treeless plain
wasteland
timePeriod Third Age NERFINISHED
travelRouteFor Fellowship’s journey down the Anduin
traversedBy Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
world Middle-earth NERFINISHED

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Mirkwood borders Brown Lands
Rhovanion contains Brown Lands
this entity surface form: the Brown Lands