Dates

Destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

Flowing northwestward out of Dorthonion

Source

Rivil's Well in the far west of Dorthonion

Tributaries

None

Outflow

Into Sirion at the Fen of Serech

Pronunciation

ri'vil

Meaning

Uncertain¹

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River Rivil

Sirion’s northernmost tributary

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of the river Rivil

A lesser tributary of the River Sirion, that rose in the heights of Dorthonion and flowed westward to meet the Sirion at the Fen of Serech.

Notes

1	The name of this river is never explained by Tolkien, but it seems likely to relate to the Elvish element rip-, which is explicitly connected with rushing rivers.

See also...

Fen of Serech, Huor, Rivil’s Well

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