Sea of Rhûn (Difference between revisions) inland sea in the
land of [[Rhûn]] into which the [[ Celduin]] emptied its waters.
Its northeastern shores were densely forested, and to the
southwest lay a mountainous region. The mysterious land of [[
Dorwinion]] was said to lie on its northwestern coasts. |+| The
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Revision as of 06:36, 28 October 2005 The Sea of Rhûn, or the
Eastern Sea, is a large saltwater lake or sea in the east of
Middle-earth. The Sea of Rhûn, according to Tolkien's maps,
covers roughly 400 square miles (1,000 km²). The Celduin (River
Running) flows from the northwest into a northwestern arm of the
sea, while several unnamed rivers flow from the northeastern
shore. West of the Sea of Rhûn is the land of Dorwinion and
roughly 200 miles (300 km) to the South is the eastern end of
the Ered Lithui. Christopher Tolkien and others have speculated
that the Sea of Rhûn might "...be identified with the Sea of
Helkar, vastly shrunken" (The