The
Silvan Elves of
Greenwood the Great gradually removed northward during the
Second and
Third Ages to found the
Woodland Realm in the north of the forest
Geographically, the northern section of the great dark forest of
Mirkwood, but as the name of a land, 'Northern
Mirkwood' referred more specifically to the
Woodland Realm of the
Elves in the northeast
The
Enchanted River rose in the hills of Northern
Mirkwood
The
Enchanted River joined the
Forest River that ran through this part of the forest, before emptying into the
Long Lake to the east
Mirkwood simply means 'murky wood'
As the name of a kingdom, Northern
Mirkwood was commonly known as the
Woodland Realm