List of Middle-earth Rivers - L

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Langwell

A river of Rhovanion, flowing from the Misty Mountains and forming together with Greylin the beginnings of the Anduin river. On its northern bank was built the city of Framsburg, capital of the Éothéod.

Lefnui

A river of Gondor, beginning in the south-western valleys of the Starkhorn peak of the White Mountains and flowing south-west parallel to a mountain range. It entered the Bay of Belfalas near the long cape of Andrast. The name means fifth in Sindarin, with a reference to the position of the river if counting the mouths: Erui, Sirith, Serni, Morthond, Lefnui.

Legolin

A tributary of Gelion. It was the fourth from the north of the seven rivers that defined Ossiriand.

Lhûn or Lune

A river of northern Lindon emptying through a long firth into the Gulf of Lune, which breaks through the line of the Blue Mountains, and thence into Belegaer. The main map accompanying The Lord of the Rings shows three tributaries: two of them (including "the Little Lune") arising in the Mountains, and one beginning in the Hills of Evendim north of Annúminas. The Lhûn did not connect to Lake Evendim, the source of the Baranduin river.

Limlight

A stream rising in the eastern Misty Mountains, with origins near Treebeard's dwellings. It then ran through northern Fangorn and emptied into Anduin. Limlight formed the southern boundary of the Field of Celebrant, and was claimed by people of Lothlórien as the southern boundary of their realm. It was also the historic northern border of Gondor, and later of Rohan.

The name is from an Elvish form, but Tolkien provided different explanations of the exact meaning and even languages used in the name, including Limlich, Limliht, Limlaith and Limhîr.

Lithir

A tributary of Sirion that joined it just to the south of the Pass of Sirion. The sources of Lithir were in Ered Wethrin.

Loudwater

See Bruinen