River Anduin

Also known as Great River, the River, Withywindle

river
natural

The River Anduin, also called the Great River or Withywindle in its upper reaches, is a dark cool brown waterway that winds lazily through a queer forest valley, heavily bordered, arched, and obstructed by ancient willows with great gnarled roots straining into the stream like dragonets. A warm gentle breeze carries fluttering yellow leaves amid rustling reeds and creaking boughs. In its lower course it runs swift past green lawns and frowning cliffs, curling like a toppling wave over the mighty Rauros falls into a foaming pit with a glimmering rainbow, eventually reaching a vast delta where myriads of sea-birds whirl above a green and silver sea.

Type: river
Style: natural
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 8
Books: 1

History

BOOK 1The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings
The River Anduin, also called the Great River or Withywindle in its upper reaches, is a dark cool brown waterway that winds lazily through a queer forest valley, heavily bordered, arched, and obstructed by ancient willows with great gnarled roots straining into the stream like dragonets. A warm gentle breeze carries fluttering yellow leaves amid rustling reeds and creaking boughs. In its lower course it runs swift past green lawns and frowning cliffs, curling like a toppling wave over the mighty Rauros falls into a foaming pit with a glimmering rainbow, eventually reaching a vast delta where myriads of sea-birds whirl above a green and silver sea.