The Water

The Water (Originally "Fairwater", "Formensiril" or "Northwater") was a pretty little river that ran from the Wychwood, through the lakes of Mistvale , breaching the White Downs at Little Delving , then wandering across the Westfarthing through Rushock Bog , past Hobbiton ; through the Eastfarthing to the Brandywine just above the Bridge of Stonebows. The Fairwater Valley boasted some of the finest soils in Eriador. Flooding was relatively mild in the spring, and the swamps along the lower reaches of the river were neither extensive nor haunted.