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Aros

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Aros
Physical Description
Type River
Location Flowing from Himlad around Doriath to the Sirion
Realm(s) Doriath
Description Reddish
General Information
Etymology D. ar "bloody red"

Aros (Doriathrin *"redness"; root YAR "blood") was a river of Beleriand that rose in the northern lands around Himring and met the Sirion at Aelin-uial. It formed the southern border of the Kingdom of Doriath.