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Also called the [[Lune]], a river in the far northwest of [[Middle-earth]]. It rose in the eastern [[Blue Mountains]], and flowed southward to meet the [[Great Sea]] in the wide [[Gulf of Lhûn]].
The river '''Lhûn''' or '''[[Lune]]''' was a river of north-western [[Eriador]].
 
In the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age]], it emptied into the [[Gulf of Lune]] that broke through the [[Ered Luin]] and thence into [[Belegaer]].
 
It had three (unnamed) tributaries: two of them arising in the Ered Luin, and one beginning in the [[Hills of Evendim]] north of the later capital of [[Arnor]], [[Annúminas]]. It was not connected to [[Lake Nenuial]], the origin of the [[Baranduin]] (Brandywine) river.
 
In the [[First Age]], the course of the river is not known. The Gulf of Lune was not created until the [[War of Wrath]] so the river must have had a different lower course. Possibly it connected with the Baranduin further south.


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Revision as of 21:56, 13 October 2005

The river Lhûn or Lune was a river of north-western Eriador.

In the Second and Third Age, it emptied into the Gulf of Lune that broke through the Ered Luin and thence into Belegaer.

It had three (unnamed) tributaries: two of them arising in the Ered Luin, and one beginning in the Hills of Evendim north of the later capital of Arnor, Annúminas. It was not connected to Lake Nenuial, the origin of the Baranduin (Brandywine) river.

In the First Age, the course of the river is not known. The Gulf of Lune was not created until the War of Wrath so the river must have had a different lower course. Possibly it connected with the Baranduin further south.