The Encyclopedia of Arda - River Ringló (original) (raw)

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Location Southern Gondor Source A tarn in the White Mountains above Ethring Settlements Edhellond, Ethring Tributaries Ciril, Morthond Outflow Into the Bay of Belfalas Pronunciation ri'ngloh Meaning 'Coldflood'1 Indexes: Alphabetical: R Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 20 August 2014 Updates planned: 1 A river of southern Gondor Rivers of Gondor An important river of the southern regions of Gondor. It rose in the White Mountains above Lamedon, and flowed southwestwards for some 200 miles before it met the sea. Near its mouth was the ancient Elf-haven of Edhellond, and it marked the border between Anfalas to the west and Belfalas to the east. Notes 1 Tolkien never directly translates the name Ringló himself, but the elements ring 'cold' and ló 'flood, fen' are well established. The ló element is commonly seen in the names of rivers that flooded the lands around them, or flowed through fenlands: compare, for example, Gwathló ('Greyflood') or Onodló ('Entwash'). In fact, it seems that in this case the flooding was of a mountain tarn that formed the river's source, which swelled to a lake at times of snowmelt. See also... Anfalas, Dervorin, Dor-en-Ernil, Ethring, Lamedon, Prince of Belfalas, Prince of Dol Amroth, Ringló Vale, River Blackroot, River Ciril, River Morthond, Western Gondor, White Mountains Indexes: Alphabetical: R Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 20 August 2014 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2000-2001, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is a powerful, flexible DISC profile solution - find out much more in our free guide.

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Location Southern Gondor Source A tarn in the White Mountains above Ethring Settlements Edhellond, Ethring Tributaries Ciril, Morthond Outflow Into the Bay of Belfalas Pronunciation ri'ngloh Meaning 'Coldflood'1 Indexes: Alphabetical: R Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 20 August 2014 Updates planned: 1 A river of southern Gondor Map of the river Ringló

Rivers of Gondor An important river of the southern regions of Gondor. It rose in the White Mountains above Lamedon, and flowed southwestwards for some 200 miles before it met the sea. Near its mouth was the ancient Elf-haven of Edhellond, and it marked the border between Anfalas to the west and Belfalas to the east. Notes 1 Tolkien never directly translates the name Ringló himself, but the elements ring 'cold' and ló 'flood, fen' are well established. The ló element is commonly seen in the names of rivers that flooded the lands around them, or flowed through fenlands: compare, for example, Gwathló ('Greyflood') or Onodló ('Entwash'). In fact, it seems that in this case the flooding was of a mountain tarn that formed the river's source, which swelled to a lake at times of snowmelt. See also... Anfalas, Dervorin, Dor-en-Ernil, Ethring, Lamedon, Prince of Belfalas, Prince of Dol Amroth, Ringló Vale, River Blackroot, River Ciril, River Morthond, Western Gondor, White Mountains Indexes: Alphabetical: R Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 20 August 2014 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2000-2001, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is a powerful, flexible DISC profile solution - find out much more in our free guide.