- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and oceans
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Dates
Occupied by the Men of the Mountains during the Second Age; part of Gondor through the Third Age and into the Fourth
Location
The valley of the Blackroot, a river flowing out of the southern side of the White Mountains above Erech
Race
Culture
Settlements
Source
Tributaries
Outflow
Into the Bay of Belfalas at Edhellond
Important peaks
Passes
The valley ran southward from the southern opening of the Paths of the Dead
Meaning
The valley of the river Blackroot, so named because its source lay in the deep shadows of the White Mountains
Other names
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![]() A vale of rich grassland through which the River Blackroot flowed (the river known in Elvish as the Morthond). The river rose beneath the sheer mountainsides of the White Mountains' southern extent, and in the shadowed rocks above its spring was the hidden gateway leading out from the Paths of the Dead. The people of the vale were known in Gondor for their archery skills, and their lord Duinhir took a small company of his bowmen to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. With them went Duinhir's sons, Derufin and Duilin, both of whom were lost in the defence of Minas Tirith. See also...Black Stone, Derufin, Duilin, Duinhir, Hill of Erech, Mornan, Outlands, Stone of Erech, Tarlang’s Neck, White Mountains Indexes: About this entry:
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