Offshoots of its mountain fences divided the land into two distinct regions, the barren uplands of Gorgoroth in the northwest, and the more fertile southern plain of Nurn, where the inland sea of Núrnen lay.
On all but its eastern borders, where it marched with Rhûn and Khand, it was surrounded by the mountains of the Ered Lithui and the Ephel Dúath. Mordor was a land of approximately rectangular shape, measuring some 600 miles east to west and 400 north to south. These mountains both protected the land from an unexpected invasion by any of the people living in those directions and kept those living in Mordor from escaping. Mordor's geography is unique because of the three enormous mountain ridges surrounding it, on the North, the West and the South. Shelob had settled in Mordor long before Sauron. In Sindarin it was given the name Mordor (the Black Land) before Sauron settled there, because of its volcano and its eruptions. Located in the southeast of Middle-earth to the East of the Anduin, the great river, it is the land covering the plateau formed by massive volcanic eruptions. Eventually the landscape was sapped of all resources due to the large army Sauron had kept in Mordor.ĭescription The area of Middle-Earth called Mordor is a relic of the devastating works of Morgoth before his banishment to the Void. Much of the land was a volcanic waste due to the activity of Mount Doom, but the regions that remained unaffected by the volcanic eruptions were lush with wildlife and forests, allowing the Dark Lord's slaves to raise food for his armies here. Mordor was chosen to be Sauron's fortress because of the mountain ranges surrounding it on three sides, creating a natural fortress against his enemies. It is the home kingdom of Sauron, situated in southeastern Middle-earth and east of Gondor, and Ithilien and the great river. Mordor is the region of Middle-earth in which the final blow of the War of the Ring took place. It is folly." - Boromir, The Lord of the Rings Not with ten thousand men could you do this. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, ash, and dust.
There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. Its black gates are guarded by more than just orcs.
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