White Downs

The White Downs, or simply The Downs,Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, chapter III: "The Quest of Erebor" were a series of low hills once forming the Shire's western border, and later the boundary between its regions the Westfarthing and Westmarch.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Shire"
==History==
The White Downs was an initial border of the Shire when the lands were granted to the Hobbits by King Argeleb II of Arnor. In it were built the Hobbit towns of Little Delving and Michel Delving, which was the Shire's capital and largest town. Here, at the Free Fair held every seven years on Lithe, the Mayor of Michel Delving was elected.The Lord of the Rings, Prologue
During the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age, Sharkey's Men had turned Michel Delving into a prison, where many important Hobbits were held.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire" After the return of the King Aragorn II Elessar, the Shire was extended past the White Downs and the Far Downs beyond all the way to the Tower Hills, and the area beyond became known as the Westmarch.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "Later Events concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Wit klowe
Albanian 	Gryka të Bardha
Amharic 	ነጭ ሸለቆዎች
Arabic 	الوديان البيضاء
Armenian 	Սպիտակ ձորեր
Asturian 	Llombes Blancu
Azerbaijani 	Ağ yarğanlar
Belarusian Cyrillic	белыя яры
Basque 	Muino Zuri
Bengali 	সাদা হিল্‌স
Bosnian 	Bijel brda
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Бели хълмове
Burmese 	အဖြူတောင်ကုန်း
Cambodian 	ជ្រលងភ្នំពណ៌ស
Catalan 	Turons blancs
Cebuano 	Puti nga mga bung-aw
Chinese 	白色沟壑
Cornish 	Breow Gwydn
Corsican 	Colline blancs
Croatian 	Bijele gudure
Czech 	Bílé rokle
Danish 	Hvidebakkerne
Dutch 	Witte Duinen
Esperanto 	Blankaj Intermontoj
Estonian 	Valged mäed
Filipino 	Puting mga burol
Finnish 	Valkoiset kukkulat
French 	Hauts blanches
Frisian 	Wyt Heuvels (Western)
Galician 	Barrancos Brancos
Georgian 	თეთრი ხევები
German 	Weiße Höhen
Greek 	Λευκές χαράδρες
Gujarati 	સફેદ ટેકરીઓ
Hebrew 	נקיקים לבנים
Hindi 	सफेद पहाड़ियों
Hungarian 	Fehér szakadékok
Icelandic 	Hvítargiljur
Indonesian 	Bukit-bukit putih
Irish Gaelic 	Cnoic bhána
Italian 	Bianchi Poggi
Japanese 	白い峡谷
Javanese 	Putih bukit-bukit
Kannada 	ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂದರಗಳು
Kazakh 	Ақ төбеден (Cyrillic) Аq töbeden (Latin)
Korean 	화이트 계곡
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ак адырлар
Laotian 	ພູເຂົາສີຂາວ
Latin 	Alba colles
Latvian 	Baltas gravas
Lithuanian 	Baltos daubos
Luxembourgish 	Wäiss Ravinen
Macedonian Cyrillic	бели клисури
Maithili 	उज्जर खाई
Malayalam 	വെളുത്ത മലയിടുക്കുകൾ
Maltese 	Ravini bojod
Marathi 	पांढऱ्या दऱ्या
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Цагаан жалга
Nepalese 	सेतो पहाडहरू
Norwegian 	Hvite åser
Old English 	Hwithyllas
Pashto 	سپین راویان ?
Persian 	دره های سفید
Polish 	Białe Wzgórza
Portuguese 	Ravinas brancas
Punjabi 	ਚਿੱਟੇ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ
Romanian 	Dealuri albe
Russian 	Белые холмы
Samoan 	Mauga papae
Scottish Gaelic 	Cnuic gheala
Serbian 	Беле јаруге (Cyrillic) Bele jaruge (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සුදු මිටියාවත
Slovak 	Biele rokliny
Slovenian 	Bele grape
Somali 	Dooxyo cad
Spanish 	Colinas Blancas
Sundanese 	Pasir-pasir bodas
Swahili 	Milima nyeupe
Swedish 	Vitåsarna
Tamil 	வெள்ளை பள்ளத்தாக்குகள்
Telugu 	తెల్లటి లోయలు
Thai 	หุบเหวสีขาว
Tigrinya 	ጻዕዳ ጐላጉል
Turkish 	Beyaz Vadiler
Turkmen 	Ak Jülgeler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Вайт-Гіллс
Urdu 	سفید گھاٹیاں
Uzbek 	Оқ жарликлар (Cyrillic) Oq jarliklar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Khe núi trắng
Welsh 	Ceunentydd Gwyn
Yiddish 	ווייַס היללס
==References==
de:Weiße Höhen
es:Quebradas Blancas
fr:Hauts Blancs
it:Bianchi Poggi
nl:Witte Duinen
pl:Białe Wzgórza
Category:Hills of Middle-earth
Category:Westmarch
Category:Westfarthing
Category:Eriador