Carnen

The Carnen shown in relation to the Iron Hills and the Lonely Mountain

The Carnen, also known as the Redwater, was a river in the region of Rhovanion in Middle-earth.

The Carnen originated in the Iron Hills and was east of the Lonely Mountain. It flowed southward before emptying into the River Running, which was about 250 Númenórean miles to the south. This river, in turn, flowed past the land of Dorwinion and into the Sea of Rhûn.

In the War of the Ring, in the year TA 3019, a large force of Easterlings under Sauron's command crossed and forded this river on their way to attack the Dwarf realm of the Lonely Mountain and the Mannish kingdom of Dale.

Etymology

Carnen is a Sindarin name meaning "Redwater", consisting of the words caran ("red") and nen ("water; lake, pool; lesser river").

It is possible that Redwater is a translation of the name for the river in the common tongue.

In adaptations

River Carnen in The Lord of the Rings Online

In The Lord of the Rings Online, the origins of river Carnen can be found in the Ironfold region. It begins as six streams flowing into the Iron Hills from the nearby mountains, all shallow and rust-brown in colour. Across the Iron Hills, the streams eventually join into a single river, which then plummets down through several waterfalls into the area called "the Barding-lands", clearing it of sediment before it flows further to the south.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Rooi water
Albanian	Uji i kuq
Arabic	ماء أحمر
Armenian	Կարմիր ջուր
Basque	Ur gorri
Belarusian Cyrillic	Чырвона вада
Bengali	লাল জল
Bosnian	Crvene vod
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Червена вода
Catalan	Aigua vermella
Chinese (Hong Kong)	紅水河 (Redwater) 卡南河 (Carnen)
Croatian	Crvena voda
Czech	Cervená voda
Danish	Rødkildefloden
Dutch	Rood water
Esperanto	Ruga akvo
Estonian	Punane vesi
Faroese	Reyðvatn
Filipino	Pulang tubig
Finnish	Punainen vesi
French	Eau rouge
Galician	Auga vermella
Georgian	წითელი წყალი
German	Rotwasser
Greek	Κόκκινο νερό
Gujarati	લાલ પાણી
Hebrew	(Redwater) נהר אדום (Carnen) קארנן
Hindi	लाल पानी
Hmong	liab dej
Hungarian	Vörös víz
Icelandic	Rauðvatn
Irish Gaelic	uisce dearg
Italian	Acqua rossa
Japanese	赤水川 (Redwater) カルネン (Carnen)
Kannada	ಕೆಂಪು ನೀರು
Kazakh	Қызыл су (Cyrillic) Qizil sw (Latin)
Korean	혈뇨
Ladino	Agua kolorado
Laotian	ນ້ໍາແດງ
Latvian	Sarkanais udens
Lithuanian	Raudona vandens
Macedonian Cyrillic	Црвена вода
Malayalam	റെഡ് വെള്ളം
Malaysian	Air merah
Maltese	Ilma ahmar
Marathi	रेड वॉटर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Улаан ус
Nepalese	रातो पानी
Norwegian	Rødt vann
Persian	آب قرمز
Polish	Czerwona Woda
Portuguese	água vermelha
Punjabi	ਰੈੱਡ ਵਾਟਰ
Romanian	Apa ro?u
Russian	Красная (Redwater) Карнен (Carnen)
Samoan	Vai mumu
Scottish Gaelic	Uisge dearg
Serbian	Црвена вода (Cyrillic) Crvena voda (Latin)
Sinhalese	රතු වතුර
Slovak	Cervená voda
Slovenian	Rdeca voda
Spanish	Aguas Rojas
Swedish	Rödälven
Tajik Cyrillic	сурх Об
Tamil	சிவப்பு நீர்
Telugu	రెడ్ వాటర్
Thai	น้ำแดง
Turkish	Kirmizi su
Urdu	سرخ پانی
Uzbek	Қизил сув (Cyrillic) Qizil suv (Latin)
Vietnamese	Đỏ Nước
Welsh	Dwr coch
Xhosa	Amanzi alubomvu
Yiddish	רויט וואסער