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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.