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Location
The regions east of Mirkwood
Source
Beneath Erebor, the Lonely Mountain
Tributaries
Carnen, Forest River
Outflow
Into the Sea of Rhûn
Other Names
Celduin
Note
This river is usually called the 'River Running', but from time to time, particulary in The Hobbit, it is referred to as the 'Running River'. The two terms are interchangeable.

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  • Updated 31 March 2001
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River Running

The river that flowed out of the Lonely Mountain

Also called the Celduin, the Running was a great river that formed the eastern boundary of Rhovanion. It rose beneath Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, and flowed southeastwards for many hundreds of miles to its outflow into the Sea of Rhûn.


See also...

Desolation of the Dragon, Dorwinion, Forest Road, Gate of Erebor, Girion, Long Marshes, Men of the Long Lake, Mewlips, Northmen of Rhovanion, Old Forest Road, Ravenhill, River Carnen, River Celduin, River Redwater, Sack of Erebor, [See the full list...]

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