Rapids of Sarn Gebir

The Rapids of Sarn Gebir,The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings, pg. 52 or simply the Rapids, were an impassible part of the great river Anduin.
==History==
The rapids passed through the highlands of the Emyn Muil, above the Argonath and Falls of Rauros. As the Rapids of Sarn Gebir was filled with spiky rocks and stony eyots, a portage-way was built on the western bank of the river in order for travelers to avoid the rapids and go southward.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. IX: "The Great River"
On February 23 in TA 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring encountered a number of Orc archers and a Nazgûl, whose winged steed was shot down by Legolas, just prior to approaching the Rapids of Sarn Gebir. The Fellowship afterwards used the portage-way to carry their light boats past the rapids. On February 25, Boromir remarked during the passage that there are no boats that can withstand the Rapids of Sarn Gebir.
==Etymology==
Sarn Gebir means "stone-spiked" in the Sindarin language.The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 327
==Other versions==
In an early draft to The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien originally used the names Rapids of Pensarn, Sarn Ruin, and Ruinel for the rapids. Sarn Gebir originally referred to the Emyn Muil.The History of Middle-earth: Index
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring===
The ambush at the Rapids of Sarn Gebir were originally set to appear in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), but on the night before filming was set to begin, torrential rains and twenty feet high floodwaters washed away the set. Due to time and budgeting constraints, the scene was then cut from the screenplay.
===The Lord of the Rings Online'===
The Rapids of Sarn Gebir appears in The Lord of the Rings Online as a playable location.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሳርን ገቢር
Arabic 	سارن جبير
Armenian 	Սառն Գեբիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Сарн Гебір
Bengali 	সার্ন জাবির
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Сарн Гебир
Danish 	Sarn Gebir ("Klippeskærene")
Georgian 	საარნ ღებირ
Gujarati 	સાર્ન ગેબીર
Hebrew 	סארן גביר
Hindi 	सर्न गेबीर
Japanese 	サーン ゲビル
Kannada 	ಸರ್ನ್ ಗೆಬೀರ್
Kazakh 	Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebïr (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Сарн Гэбир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Сарн Гебир
Marathi 	सरन गेबीर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Сарн Гебир
Nepalese 	सर्न गेबिर
Persian 	سارن جبریر
Punjabi 	ਸਬਰ ਗਬੀਰ
Russian 	Сарн Гебир
Serbian 	Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සර්න් ගෙබීර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Сарн Гебир
Tamil 	ஸர்ந கெபிர்
Tatar 	Сарн Гебир
Telugu 	సర్న్ జబీర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Сарн Гебір
Urdu 	سارن جابر
Uzbek 	Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebir (Latin)
Yiddish 	סאַרן געביר
==References==
Category:Rivers
Category:Sindarin names & words
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