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| location=South of the [[Andram]]; between the rivers [[Sirion]] and [[Gelion]]<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>
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Taur-im-Duinath
Forest
General Information
Other names"Forest between Rivers"
LocationSouthern Beleriand. South of the Andram; between the rivers Sirion and Gelion[1][2]
TypeForest
DescriptionDark and gloomy forest
InhabitantsMoriquendi[3]

Taur-im-Duinath, called the "Forest between Rivers" since it lay between the rivers Sirion and Gelion,[4] was the dark and gloomy forest that extended over a vast area of land to the south of the Andram.[5] None but a few Dark Elves ever wandered there.[6]

Etymology

The name Taur-im-Duinath literally means "forest between rivers" in Sindarin, consisting of taur ("forest") + im ("between") + duin ("river") + -ath (collective plural suffix).[7][8]

In the revised version of the second Silmarillion map appears the names Taur i Melegyrn ("Forest of the Great Trees") and Taur na Chardhîn ("Forest of the Southern Silence") for this region,[9] although it is unknown if they were intended as replacements or alternative names.[7]

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