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Location
On the borders between Rohan and Gondor, where the river Entwash met Anduin
Race
The Mouths marked part of the border between two lands of Men
Source
The river Onodló had its sources in the Forest of Fangorn
Tributaries
Onodló divided into seven streams to form its Mouths, and the Mering Stream ran into the southernmost of these after the main river divided
Outflow
Each of the streams that formed the Mouths emptied separately into the Great River Anduin
Pronunciation
Onodló is pronounced 'ono'dlo'
Meaning
Onodló combines words for 'Ent' and 'flood', with the whole name meaning approximately 'flooding river out of the Entwood'
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Mouths of Onodló

The delta of the River Entwash

The River Onodló, better known by its translated name 'Entwash', was the major river that ran through the land of Rohan. Flowing southwards out of Fangorn Forest, its course turned to the east as it met the White Mountains, and its waters were fed by the Snowbourn and other rivers and streams coming down from the snowy heights.

As it reached the eastern marches of Rohan, the stream of the Onodló divided into two branches (this point of division was in fact a part of Rohan's defined eastern border). Each of the branches again divided, until at last the waters of Entwash flowed into the Great River Anduin at no fewer than seven separate points. This sudden inrush of water resulted in a vast marsh opposite the Mouths of Onodló, on the Anduin's eastern bank. This was the Nindalf, or Wetwang, the great fen that spread to the south of the Emyn Muil.


See also...

River Onodló

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