the Marish

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The Marish is a low-lying, marshy farming region in the eastern Shire of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its wet fields and hobbit settlements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Marish 1
the Marish canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional geographic region
region in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings
borderedBy Brandywine River
climate damp
mild
contains Bamfurlong
farms
hobbit-holes
countryEquivalent the Shire
linked to: The Shire
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
governedBy Shire-thain's authority
hasCharacteristic causeways
hedges
numerous ditches
wet fields
hasNotableInhabitants Brandybuck family
Maggot family
hasSettlementType rural settlements
hasTerrainType low-lying farmland
marshy land
hasTransportationFeature causeways and lanes
inhabitedBy Hobbits
knownFor fertile but waterlogged soil
rural hobbit life
languageSpoken Westron
locatedIn Eastfarthing
eastern Shire
the Shire
linked to: The Shire
mentionedBy J.R.R. Tolkien
linked to: J. R. R. Tolkien
near Bamfurlong
Brandywine River
Buckland
Stock
partOf J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium
the Shire
linked to: The Shire
primaryEconomicActivity crop farming
livestock raising
timePeriod Third Age of Middle-earth
travelRouteFor Frodo Baggins
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Samwise Gamgee
usedFor agriculture
farming

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baranduin nearbyRegion the Marish
Shire containsRegion The Marish
linked to: the Marish