Midgewater Marshes

thumb|356px|The Midgewater Marshes
The Midgewater Marshes was a fly-infested fenland in central Eriador. The Great Road was located to the south of the marshes, with the Chetwood on the western side while the Weather Hills were in the east.
== History ==
The Midgewater Marshes were where Aragorn and the Hobbits Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, and Sam Gamgee had to cross on their journey to Rivendell.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Eriador"
The terrain of the marshes was boggy and unyielding, with no permanent trails. It was dotted with many pools, rushes and reeds, and was named after the midges (tiny biting flies similar to gnats) which dwelt in the region. It was also populated by annoying cricket-like insects that Sam Gamgee referred to as "Neekerbreekers",The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter XI: "A Knife in the Dark" and small but hidden birds.
== In adaptations ==
=== Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring ===
The Midgewater Marshes were not shown in the theatrical version of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies, but the location does appear in the special extended edition of The Fellowship of the Ring.
=== The Lord of the Rings Online ===
The marshes appear in The Lord of the Rings Online in the Bree-land region, and various ruins are shown to be scattered throughout.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Danish 	Myggemosemarsken
Dutch 	Muggewater Moerassen
Finnish 	Sääskivedensuot
French 	Eau-aux-Cousins/Eau-à-Moucherons
German 	Mückenwassermoore
Hebrew 	יַבחוּשׁ ביצות מים
Hungarian 	Szúnyogos-mocsár
Italian 	Chiane Ditteri
Polish 	Komarowe Moczary
Portuguese 	Pântano dos Mosquitos (Brazil)
Russian 	Комариные топи
Ukrainian 	Комашині Мочарі
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Pantano de Moscagua
== References ==
de:Mückenwassermoore
es:Moscagua
fr:Eau-aux-Cousins
it:Chiane Ditteri
nl:Muggewatermoerassen
pl:Komarowe Moczary
ru:Комариные топи
uk:Комашині Мочарі
Category:Marshes
Category:Eriador
Category:Bree and Bree-land
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