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Dates
Destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age
Location
The central regions of Beleriand, on the southwestern borders of Doriath
Source
Fed by the river Sirion flowing from the north
Outflow
Sirion flowed out over the Falls of Sirion to the south
Meaning
Mere is an old word for a lake or pool
Other names
Aelin-uial, Twilight Meres, Twilit Meres

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Meres of Twilight

The lakeland region of Aelin-uial

Map of the Meres of Twilight
The trackless fens of Aelin-uial

A name given to the wetland region of Aelin-uial, where the Aros met the Sirion on the borders of Doriath.


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