Dates

Destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

The river valley of Sirion, running north to south through the Pass of Sirion down to the Bay of Balar, and separating West Beleriand from East Beleriand

Settlements

Barad Eithel was built at Sirion's sources; Minas Tirith stood in the Pass of Sirion, and a refuge was built at the Mouths of Sirion during the later First Age

Source

Sirion had its source at Eithel Sirion in the Mountains of Shadow, though the Vales did not begin until it flowed through the Pass of Sirion somewhat to the south

Tributaries

Aros, Esgalduin, Mindeb, Narog, Rivil and Teiglin

Outflow

Into the Bay of Balar

Pronunciation

Sirion is pronounced 'si'rion'

Meaning

Sirion means 'great river'

Other names

Sirion's Vale

Note

Seen in both the singular and plural forms: 'Vale of Sirion' and 'Vales of Sirion'

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Updated 16 September 2017
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Vales of Sirion

The wide valley that ran north to south through Beleriand

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

The wide valley of the River Sirion, that separated West Beleriand from East Beleriand. The term (also seen in the singular form 'Vale of Sirion') seems to apply especially to that part of the river's course that lay to the north of Doriath.

Vales of Sirion

The wide valley that ran north to south through Beleriand

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