A lesser tributary of the River Sirion, that rose in the heights of Dorthonion and flowed westward to meet the Sirion at the Fen of Serech.
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The name of this river is never explained by Tolkien, but it seems likely to relate to the Elvish element rip-, which is explicitly connected with rushing rivers. |
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