Anduin

The Anduin is a river which runs from the northern Misty Mountains to the Sea. Over its long course it passes through the Vales of Anduin, Rohan, the Emyn Muil and Gondor, before entering the Great Sea at the Ethir Anduin.

Climate and ecology

The Anduin passes through the following biomes types:

• R1 - Freshwater tall reed swamps
• R3 - Brackish water tall reed vegetation, alternating with salt meadows and halophytic herb communities
• U9 - West and Central European hardwood alluvial forests in combination with willow and poplar alluvial forests, as well as pedunculate oak-hornbeam forests
• U18 - Apennine-Balkanic hardwood alluvial forests in combination with alluvial forests and oak-hornbeam forests
• U19 - Danubian hardwood alluvial forests in combination with poplar and willow alluvial forests
• U20 - Danubian willow and poplar alluvial forests, partly in combination with Ash-alluvial forests
• U24 - West and Central European alder-ash forests or ash-elm forests, partly in combination with moist pedunculate oak-hornbeam forests and alder carrs