Labam-gairu

This page is about the Whitcleft as it appears in T.A. 2799 during the Sixth War of Dwarves and Orcs. For the river under its Elvish name as seen in Lothlórien, see Nimrodel. 

Labam-gairu
Type:	River
Region:	Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Location:	[64.0N, 136.2W]

Description

Labam-gairu, the Whitcleft in the Common Tongue, flows along the southern edge of the valley of Azanulbizar. The old trading town of Amdân sits on the river's southern banks as it runs from the Misty Mountains down to join Kibil-nâla near Lothlórien. The Whitcleft is all but frozen over in the depths of winter, though the eastern falls, nearer the Golden Wood, flow even then.

The same river is known is Nimrodel by the Elves, named after an elf-maid who was lost in the mountains.

Deeds

• Remnants of Khazad-dûm

Maps

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  Bodies of Water

Gallery

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  The Labam-gairu's frozen upper reaches hail down from Zirakzigil south of the Gates of Khazad-dûm.

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  Passing the fortified warpost of Amdân, the river is covered with a layer of snow.

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  As it keeps descending through a series of waterfalls, the ice on the river fades, the land around it becomes dappled with leaf trees.

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  The cold water of the river is said to give healing to the weary. The animals of the land appear to realise this.

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  A final fall off a cliff puts Labam-gairu on the border with Lothlórien, where it merges into the Kibil-nâla.