The Dry River was an extinct river in East Beleriand that had once flowed down from the Encircling Mountains into the Sirion.[1]
The river was about fifteen miles in length.[2]
History[]
In ancient times of the First Age, the river once flowed under the mountains into a lake where afterwards the Vale of Tumladen was located.[3] The river was dried up by the early First Age when Gondolin was founded leaving a stoney deep-channeled river bed behind.[4] Intent on following his wife and son, Eöl found the Dry River and the Hidden Way and thus arrived in Gondolin to stand before King Turgon.[5] During the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Turgon's army marched to and from the battlefield down the Dry River.[6] Years after the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Tuor and his Elvish companion Voronwë traveled up this river for many miles until reaching the entrance to the Hidden Way. Not long after the passage was permanently blocked at the command of Turgon.[4][7] After being released from the captivity of Morgoth, Húrin sought out Gondolin but, on arrival, found the Dry River blocked.[8]
When the city fell in FA 510, survivors could not use the Hidden Way to escape down the Dry River; they instead used Idril's secret way to escape via of the Cirith Thoronath.[7]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Droë rivier |
| Albanian | Lumi i thatë |
| Amharic | ደረቁ ወንዝ |
| Arabic | نهر جاف |
| Armenian | Չոր գետը |
| Azerbaijani | Quru çay |
| Basque | Ibaia lehorra |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Сухі рака |
| Bengali | শুকনো নদী |
| Bosnian | Suhi rijeka |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сух река |
| Burmese | ခြောက်သွေ့သောမြစ် |
| Cambodian | ទន្លេស្ងួត |
| Catalan | Riu sec |
| Chinese | 干燥的河流 |
| Croatian | Suhi rijeka |
| Czech | Suchý řeka |
| Danish | Den Tørre Flod |
| Dutch | Droogrivier |
| Esperanto | Seka rivero |
| Estonian | Kuiv jõgi |
| Faroese | Turruráin ? |
| Filipino | Tuyong ilog |
| Finnish | Kuiva joki |
| French | Rivière-à-sec |
| Galician | Río seco |
| Georgian | მშრალი მდინარე |
| German | Trockener Fluss |
| Greek | Ξηρός ποτάμι |
| Gujarati | સુકી નદી |
| Haitian Creole | Chèch rivyè |
| Hausa | Rafi bushe |
| Hebrew | ה נהר היבש |
| Hindi | सूखी नदी |
| Hmong | Dej qhuav |
| Hungarian | Szárazfolyó |
| Icelandic | Þurráin |
| Indonesian | Sungai kering |
| Italian | Fiume Secco |
| Japanese | 枯れ川 |
| Javanese | Kali Garing |
| Kannada | ಒಣ ನದಿ |
| Kazakh | Құрғақ өзен (Cyrillic) Qurğaq özen (Latin) |
| Konkani | सुकी न्हंय |
| Korean | 드라이강 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кургак дарыя |
| Laotian | ແຫ້ງແລ້ງ |
| Latin | Flumen aridam |
| Latvian | Sausais upe |
| Lithuanian | Sausos upė |
| Luxembourgish | Drëscheneflëss |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Сува река |
| Malayalam | ഡ്രൈ നദി |
| Malaysian | Sungai kering |
| Maltese | xmara niexfa |
| Marathi | कोरडी नदी |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хуурай гол |
| Nepalese | सुक्खा नदी |
| Norwegian | Tørrelv |
| Pashto | ډیهایډریډ سيند |
| Persian | رودخانه خشک |
| Polish | Suchy rzeka |
| Portuguese | Rio seco |
| Punjabi | ਸੁੱਕੀ ਨਦੀ |
| Romanian | Râu uscată |
| Russian | Пересохшая река |
| Samoan | Vaitafe o matutu |
| Sanskrit | शुष्क नदी |
| Serbian | Сухог река (Cyrillic) Suhog reka (Latin) |
| Sindhi | سڪل درياهه |
| Sinhalese | වියළි ගංගාව |
| Slovak | Suchý rieka |
| Slovenian | Suhi reka |
| Somali | Webiga qalalan |
| Spanish | Río seco |
| Swedish | Torrflod |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дарёи хушк |
| Tamil | உலர் நதி |
| Telugu | డ్రై రివర్ |
| Thai | แม่น้ำแห้ง |
| Turkish | Kuru nehri |
| Turkmen | Gury derýa |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сухий річка |
| Urdu | خشک دریا |
| Uzbek | Қуруқ дарё (Cyrillic) Quruq daryo (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Khô sông |
| Welsh | Sych Afon |
| Xhosa | Umlambo owomileyo |
| Yiddish | טרוקן טייַך |
| Yoruba | Gbẹ odò |
| Rivers | |
|---|---|
| Númenor | |
| Númenor | Nunduinë • Siril |
| Middle-earth | |
| Eriador | Glanduin • Gwathló • Hoarwell • Lune • Sirannon • Withywindle |
| Rhovanion | Anduin • Celebrant • Forest River • Gladden • Greylin • Langwell • Limlight • Nimrodel • Redwater • River Running |
| Gondor | Anduin • Ciril • Erui • Gilrain • Harnen • Lefnui • Glanhír • Morgulduin • Morthond • Poros • Ringló • Serni |
| Rohan | Adorn • Entwash • Isen • Glanhír • Snowbourn |
| The Shire | Brandywine River • Shire-water • Shirebourn |
| Ossiriand | Gelion • Adurant • Ascar • Brilthor • Duilwen • Greater Gelion • Legolin • Little Gelion • Thalos |
| Tributaries to Sirion | Aros • Dry River • Esgalduin • Mindeb • Narog • Rivil • Taeglin |
| Other rivers | Brithon • Celebros • Celon • Malduin • Nenning • Ringwil • Sirion |
| Rivers of Beleriand |
|---|
|
Adurant |
Aros |
Ascar |
Brilthor |
Brithon |
Celebros |
Celon |
Dry River |
Duilwen |
Esgalduin |
Gelion |
Ginglith |
Glithui | |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion (inside cover), "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Gondolin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part One: The First Age, chapter I: "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"