Gelion

The Gelion was a river in East Beleriand.
==Location==
The Gelion had two sources; the Little Gelion flowing from the hill of Himring and the Greater Gelion, flowing from the Blue Mountains. It then passed south, dividing Estolad to the west from Thargelion to the east, then was crossed by the old Dwarf-Road at Sarn Athrad. Finally, it passed into Ossiriand where it was fed by the rivers Ascar, Thalos, Legolin, Brilthor, Duilwen, and Adurant, which rose in the Blue Mountains.
Gelion then passed by Taur-im-Duinath and emptied into the Great Sea Belegaer and according to Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth, it was hundreds of miles in length and longer then the Sirion but not as deep and wide.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Etymology==
Gelion was a Sindarin name of unspecified meaning.
==Development==
Late in his life, Tolkien decided to change the name "Gelion", writing down potential replacements of "Gelduin", "Gevilon", "Gevelon", "Duin Daer", and "Duin Dhaer".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጌልዮን
Arabic 	غليون
Armenian 	Գելիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Геліён
Bengali 	গেলিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гелион
Chinese (Hong Kong)	蓋林河
Danish 	Gelionfloden
Georgian 	გელიონი
Greek 	Γέλιον
Gujarati 	ગેલીઅન
Hebrew 	גליון
Hindi 	जेलियन
Japanese 	ゲリオン
Kannada 	ಜೆಲಿಯನ್
Kazakh 	Геліон (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Korean 	겔리 온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Гэлион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гелион
Marathi 	जेलियन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гелион
Nepalese 	जेलियन
Persian 	گلیون
Russian 	Гелион
Sanskrit 	ङेलिओन्
Serbian 	Гелион (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ගෙලියන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гелион
Tamil 	கேலின்
Telugu 	గెలియన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ґеліон
Urdu 	گالیون
Uzbek 	Гелион (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Yiddish 	געליאָן
==References==
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Category:Seven Rivers of Ossiriand