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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
A long river running from north to south through Beleriand, dividing that wide land into West Beleriand and East Beleriand
Settlements
The fortress of Barad Eithel stood at Eithel Sirion, the source of the river; Minas Tirith lay in the Pass of Sirion as the river emerged from the northern mountains; later in history the Havens of Sirion were established at the Sirion's Mouths
Source
Eithel Sirion, on the eastern slopes of Ered Wethrin
Tributaries
Outflow
Into the Bay of Balar
Passes
In its upper course, Sirion ran between the mountains that bordered Beleriand to the north, forming the Pass of Sirion
Pronunciation
si'rion
Meaning
'Great river' (not to be confused with the Anduin, which also bore this title)

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River Sirion

The great river of Beleriand

Map of the River Sirion

The greatest of the rivers of Beleriand, the Sirion flowed some 850 miles from its source in the cold highlands of Ered Wethrin to its mighty delta on the Bay of Balar. It was unusual in that, for some nine miles of its middle course, it flowed underground from the wide, enchanted marshland of Aelin-uial beneath the high land known as the Andram. The Sirion was regarded as the border between East and West Beleriand.


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