The Great River (chapter)

The Great River is the ninth chapter of the Book Two of The Fellowship of the Ring.
== Plot ==
After leaving Lothlórien the Fellowship embarks on water in boats given to them by the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim, Celeborn and Galadriel. The chapter's title refers to the river Anduin, by which the company travels southward.
It is during this part of the journey that Boromir begins acting strange; mumbling to himself and obsessing over Frodo.
Sooner than expected, the company arrives at the Rapids of Sarn Gebir where they are ambushed by a host of Orcs waiting on the eastern bank of the river (the company speculates that they had been exposed to the Orcs by Gollum). The company struggles to paddle backward to escape the rapids and hasten to the western shore. The Orc attack continues after they reach the shore and exit the boats, but the Fellowship quickly comes under the shadow of a great winged creature. Legolas fells the beast with one arrow, and the attack ceases.
After the attack, the company passes the rapids on foot via a portage way, then re-embark in the boats on the Anduin and continue toward the Falls of Rauros.
Nearing the Falls, the company pass the Argonath, a humbling experience particularly to Boromir and the Hobbits. They notice Gollum following them down the river on a log. Reaching the Falls, they must choose between travelling on the east or west bank of the river to pass the falls.
At Nen Hithoel, where the river widens into a lake before the Falls, the Fellowship makes camp in a region between Amon Lhaw to the East and Amon Hen to the West. It is here that they must decide whether to continue to Mount Doom, or take the way to Minas Tirith.
==Translations==
Foreign language 	Translated title
Afrikaans 	Die Groot Rivier
Albanian 	Lumi i Madh
Amharic 	ታላቁ ወንዝ
Arabic 	النهر العظيم
Armenian 	Մեծ գետը
Azerbaijani 	Böyük çay
Basque 	Ibai Handia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вялікая рака
Bengali 	গ্রেট নদী
Bosnian 	Velika rijeka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Великата река
Cambodian 	ទន្លេដ៏ធំ
Catalan 	El Gran Riu
Cebuano 	Ang Dakong Suba
Chinese 	大河
Croatian 	Velika rijeka
Czech 	Velká řeka
Danish 	Den store flod
Dutch 	De Grote Rivier
Esperanto 	La Granda Rivero
Estonian 	Suur jõgi
Fijian 	Na Uciwai Levu
Filipino 	Ang Dakilang Ilog
Finnish 	Suuri virta
French 	Le Grand Fleuve
German 	Der Große Fluss
Greek 	Ο μεγάλος ποταμός
Gujarati 	મહાન નદી
Hebrew 	הנהר הגדול
Hindi 	महान नदी
Hungarian 	A Nagy Folyó
Icelandic 	Hinn Mikli áin
Indonesian 	Sungai Besar
Irish Gaelic 	An Abhainn Mór
Italian 	Il Grande Fiume
Japanese 	大きな川
Kannada 	ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ನದಿ
Kazakh 	Ұлы өзен (Cyrillic) Ulı özen (Latin)
Korean 	그레이트 리버
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Улуу дарыя
Laotian 	ແມ່ນ້ໍາໃຫຍ່
Latvian 	Lielā upe
Lithuanian 	Didžioji upė
Luxembourgish 	De Grousse Floss
Macedonian Cyrillic	Големата река
Malagasy 	Ny Renirano Lehibe
Malaysian 	Sungai besar
Maltese 	Il-Gran Xmara
Marathi 	ग्रेट नदी
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Агуу их гол
Nepalese 	ठूलो नदी
Norwegian 	Den Store Elven
Pashto 	لوی سیند
Persian 	رودخانه بزرگ
Polish 	Wielka rzeka
Portuguese 	O Grande Rio
Punjabi 	ਮਹਾਨ ਦਰਿਆ
Romanian 	Marele Râu
Russian 	Великая Река
Samoan 	Le Vaitafe Tele
Scottish Gaelic 	An Abhainn Mhòr
Serbian 	Велика река (Cyrillic) Velika reka (Latin)
Sesotho 	Nōka e khōlō
Sindhi 	عظيم درياء
Sinhalese 	මහා ගංගාව
Slovak 	Veľká rieka
Slovenian 	Velika reka
Somalian 	Webiga weyn
Spanish 	El Río Grande
Swahili 	Mto Mkuu
Swedish 	Den Stora Floden
Tahitian 	Te Anavai Rahi
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дарёи калон
Tamil 	கிரேட் ரிவர்
Telugu 	ది గ్రేట్ రివర్
Thai 	แม่น้ำใหญ่
Turkish 	Büyük Nehir
Turkmen 	Beýik derýa
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Велика річка
Urdu 	عظیم دریا
Uzbek 	Буюк дарё (Cyrillic) Buyuk daryo (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Sông lớn
Welsh 	Yr Afon Fawr
Xhosa 	UMlambo Omkhulu
Yiddish 	די גרויס טייך
Yoruba 	Odo nla naa
pl:Wielka Rzeka (rozdział)
fr:Le Grand Fleuve (Chapitre)
Category:The Lord of the Rings chapters