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Location
Flowing westwards from the West-gate of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains
Settlements
Associated with Khazad-dûm
Source
Above the West-gate of Moria
Tributaries
None
Outflow
Presumably into Glanduin
Meaning
So named because of its association with the West-gate of Moria
Other names
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The course of the Gate-stream of Moria (conjectural)1
The course of the Gate-stream of Moria (conjectural)1
A stream that rose in the western flanks of the Misty Mountains2 and flowed down past the West-gate of Moria, and then over the Stair Falls and on into the plains of Eregion, with the road that ran out of old Khazad-dûm following the stream's course. It was known in Elvish as the Sirannon, a name that translates directly as 'Gate-stream'. For most of the history of Khazad-dûm it was a strong and powerful stream, but in the later Third Age its upper course was dammed. At this time the waters beneath the West-gate swelled into a stagnant lake occupied by a creature known only as the Watcher in the Water, and the stream itself was reduced to no more than a trickle. The course of the Gate-stream after it flowed over the Stair Falls is not completely clear. We know that it ran along the road towards Ost-in-Edhil for at least some distance, but we don't know whether it actually flowed past or through the city of the Elves of Eregion (it would have at least been reasonable for Ost-in-Edhil to have been founded on a watercourse). It seems inevitable that the stream eventually flowed into the river Glanduin, the only major river in this part of Middle-earth, and then on down Gwathló into the Great Sea. Notes
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