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Dates
Destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age
Location
The central regions of Beleriand, on the southwestern borders of Doriath
Source
Fed by the river Sirion flowing from the north
Outflow
Sirion flowed out over the Falls of Sirion to the south
Meaning
Mere is an old word for a lake or pool
Other names
Aelin-uial, Meres of Twilight, Twilight Meres

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Twilit Meres

The pools of the Aelin-uial

Map of the Twilit Meres
The trackless fens of Aelin-uial

A rare name for the wetland region more commonly called the Aelin-uial or the Twilight Meres.


See also...

Fens of Sirion

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