Malduin (River)

Malduin (S. ‘Gold River’).This river is the largest tributary of the Carnen river and flowed from the southern Ephel Dúath, it was so named for the gold deposits that could be found some times along its banks, but up to the Fourth Age despite much searching upriver the main gold deposits were not found. In the early Fourth Age the dwarven mining colony of Krath Zabar is established near the headwaters of the river on the western slopes of the mountains.