Orfalch Echor

Orfalch Echor
 / Orfalch
   The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by which Gondolin was approached; also simply the Orfalch.
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   The Way of Escape.
   The ravine of the Dry River in the Encircling Mountains, the route by which the Hidden City of Gondolin was approached.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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