Gelion

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Gelion is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, flowing through the eastern lands of Beleriand in Middle-earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river
river of Beleriand
alsoSpelled Gelion (no known major variants in canon)
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion
associatedWithPeople Green-elves of Ossiriand NERFINISHED
Sons of Fëanor NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Land of Seven Rivers NERFINISHED
cartographicallyDescribedIn The Silmarillion maps NERFINISHED
category Rivers of Middle-earth
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
emptiesInto Belegaer NERFINISHED
Great Sea NERFINISHED
era First Age
flowsAlongBorderOf Ossiriand NERFINISHED
Thargelion NERFINISHED
flowsFrom Ered Luin NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Ossiriand NERFINISHED
Thargelion NERFINISHED
formsBoundaryBetween Ossiriand and Thargelion
hasMouthNear Bay of Balar NERFINISHED
hasNotableEvent Battles involving the Sons of Fëanor along its banks
Crossing of the Gelion by the Edain NERFINISHED
hasTributary Adurant NERFINISHED
Ascar NERFINISHED
Brilthor NERFINISHED
Duilwen NERFINISHED
Greater Gelion NERFINISHED
Legolin NERFINISHED
Little Gelion NERFINISHED
Thalos NERFINISHED
languageOfName Sindarin NERFINISHED
locatedIn Beleriand NERFINISHED
East Beleriand NERFINISHED
First Age Middle-earth NERFINISHED
Middle-earth NERFINISHED
mentionedInChapter Of Beleriand and Its Realms
Of the Coming of Men into the West
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin NERFINISHED
notableFeature gives Ossiriand its name as the Land of Seven Rivers
largest river of East Beleriand
partOf geography of Beleriand
legendarium of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Atlas of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
sourceLocatedIn Blue Mountains NERFINISHED
status destroyed with the drowning of Beleriand
universe Arda NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doriath borderedBy Gelion
Beleriand containsRiver Gelion