Mirkwood or the Forest of Great Fear is a great forest in Rhovanion. It is roughly rectangular in shape: stretching from the foothills of the Grey Mountains in the north to the North Undeep in the south, and from the east edge of the vale of Anduin to Erebor.
It is bisected by the ancient Old Forest Road. Later, when this road became unusable, a second path through the forest was made to the north. Between the two paths lie the Mountains of Mirkwood. The Forest River cuts through the forest's northern end from its source in the western Grey Mountains, joins in the centre by the Enchanted River which flows north from the Mountains of Mirkwood.
South of the Old Forest road the East Bight creates the Narrows of the Forest, only one hundred miles across. South and west of the narrows is the a hill called Amon Lanc with it'S fortress, Dol Guldur.
Special Features:
- Main vegetation: forest
- Special units: none
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