A river from J.R.R. Tolkien's immortal
classic "The Lord of the Rings";
Baranduin
is the real name of the river that the
hobbits
called
Brandywine. It is
elvish
(
sindarin),
meaning something along the lines of
"
golden brown (
large)
river".
Part of it forms the eastern boundary
of the
Shire, the hobbits' home
region.
The river rose at Lake Nenuial in the far north,
and flowed south and west to reach the Great Sea
above Eryn Vorn.