Baranduin

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Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baranduin canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river ⓘ
river of Middle-earth ⓘ
adjacentToSettlement Brandy Hall ⓘ
Buckland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baranduin (Brandywine) ⓘ
Baranduin River ⓘ
Brandywine River ⓘ
linked to: Brandywine Creek
appearsIn The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ⓘ
The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
cartographicSource maps drawn by J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
maps redrawn by Christopher Tolkien ⓘ
category Rivers of Middle-earth ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
crossedBy Brandywine Bridge ⓘ
The Bridge of Stonebows ⓘ
etymologyInSindarin brown river ⓘ
fandomDomain Tolkien legendarium ⓘ
flowsDirection southward ⓘ
flowsFrom Lake Nenuial ⓘ
flowsInto the Sea ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Buckland ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf the Shire ⓘ
linked to: The Shire
formsEasternBoundaryOf the Shire ⓘ
linked to: The Shire
hasColorAssociation brown ⓘ
hasFerryAt Buckleberry Ferry ⓘ
hasNotableStructureOn Brandywine Bridge ⓘ
Buckleberry Ferry landing ⓘ
linked to: Buckleberry Ferry
inUniverseAge existed in the Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
inUniverseFunction natural defense for the eastern border of the Shire ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
linguisticNote Brandywine is a pun on brandy and wine ⓘ
Hobbits altered the Elvish name Baranduin to Brandywine ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion Eriador ⓘ
locatedOnEasternSideOf the Shire ⓘ
linked to: The Shire
mentionedIn The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Bay of Belfalas (legendarium-wide sea to the south-west) ⓘ
nearbyRegion Buckland ⓘ
the Marish ⓘ
the Old Forest ⓘ
linked to: The Old Forest
notableEvent Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin crossed at Buckleberry Ferry while fleeing the Black Riders ⓘ
partOf the river system of north-western Middle-earth ⓘ
relatedWork The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
separatesRegionFromRegion the Shire and the Old Forest ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn north of the Shire ⓘ
usedFor ferry crossings ⓘ
river traffic ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth → hasRiver → Baranduin ⓘ
Baranduin → hobbitNameFolkEtymologyOf → Baranduin ⓘ
subject linked to: Baranduin (Brandywine)
The Bridge of Stonebows → crosses → Baranduin ⓘ
Buckleberry Ferry → crosses → Baranduin ⓘ
Brandywine → anglicizes → Baranduin ⓘ
Brandywine → refersTo → Baranduin ⓘ
Rivers of Middle-earth → includes → Baranduin ⓘ
Baranduin River → alsoKnownAs → Baranduin ⓘ