#númenor
Geographical Resource: Rivers and Lakes of Valinor, Aman and Númenor
Rivers and streams of Beleriand
Lakes of Beleriand
I’ve been really enjoying my Flora, Fauna and Environment of Arda series and I want to write more about geography and climate in general so I’ve been putting together a series of geographical resources!
Requests are always welcome!
A map can be found here of Aman and herefor Númenor
Flora, fauna, geography and environment of Arda
This is a very short one as unfortunately there aren’t many named bodies of water in these places but I did the best I could! As always please feel free to ask more!
Númenor
One of the only named rivers was Nunduinë, the second biggest after Siril. It flowed West from the center of the island and formed the lake Nísinen before its mouth at the sea.
The greatest river of Númenor was Siril, also starting in the center of the island on the holy mountain of Meneltarma and flowing South from there to the sea after passing though a slower area of reeds and marshes.
Nísinen is the only named lake. It was formed from the river Nunduinë and was located on the Western side of the island not far from the sea
Aman:
Lórellin was a lake in the gardens of Lórien where the Vala Irmo, lord of visions and dreams dwelt with his spouse, Estë the gentle, the healer of the weary or hurt. Estë lived upon an island in the center of the lake and throughout the day, marked before the rising of the sun by the prominence of the light of Laurelin, she slept, waking at night to walk the gardens.
North of Tirion was the stream Sirnúmen which flowed from a spring called Kapalinda. It was located on the Western side of the Pelóri mountains and ran towards the Plain of Valinor and Telperion
Híri is a small river that flows through Sirnúmen nearby Formenos. Little is known about it.
Other:
In the Book of Lost Tales which is largely considered not canon, on the island of Tol Eressëa, there is the bridge of Tavrobel over two rivers, Afros and Gruir. Neither are elaborated upon in detail. I plan to go into Tol Eressëa for another post!
Again this is unfortunately pretty short but as always I take requests for geography and environment posts!
Just sketching some Númenor Tar-Mairon
Some High Priestess of Morgoth, Númenorean fashion on Igmil