Baranduin River

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Baranduin River is a major fictional river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, best known for flowing through the Shire and marking part of its eastern boundary.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
River Celduin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river
geographical feature in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Baranduin NERFINISHED
Brandywine River NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Adventures of Tom Bombadil NERFINISHED
The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings Appendices NERFINISHED
associatedWithFamily Brandybuck family NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeople Hobbits NERFINISHED
cartographer Christopher Tolkien NERFINISHED
Pauline Baynes NERFINISHED
category Locations in The Shire
Rivers of Middle-earth
continent Middle-earth (continent of Arda) NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
crossedBy Brandywine Bridge NERFINISHED
The Bridge of Stonebows NERFINISHED
era Second Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
fictionalWorld Middle-earth NERFINISHED
flowsFrom Lake Nenuial NERFINISHED
flowsInto Belegaer NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Eriador NERFINISHED
The Shire NERFINISHED
formsBorderOf Buckland NERFINISHED
The Shire NERFINISHED
formsEasternBoundaryOf The Shire NERFINISHED
hasColorAssociation brown
hasFerry Bucklebury Ferry NERFINISHED
hasSettlementOnBank Brandy Hall NERFINISHED
Buckland NERFINISHED
Haysend NERFINISHED
inspiredBy River Brandywine in England (possible influence)
languageOfName Sindarin
medium literature
mentionedIn The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I NERFINISHED
mouthRegion Bay of Belfalas (older conceptions vary) NERFINISHED
nameMeaning brown river
nearRegion Buckland NERFINISHED
notableEvent Frodo Baggins nearly drowned in the Baranduin as a child
Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin crossed it at the Bucklebury Ferry NERFINISHED
separates Buckland NERFINISHED
The Shire NERFINISHED
sourceRegion northwestern Eriador

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Baranduin alsoKnownAs Baranduin River
Rhovanion traversedBy Baranduin River
this entity surface form: River Celduin