The region largely consists of towering mountain ridges, snowy vales, rocky crags and hills, as well as spruce and fir forests pocketed throughout. An early version of this range's name was Ered Hithui ( Sindarin for Misty Mountains). Misty Mountains, also named the Hithaeglir ( Sindarin for Range of Mist Mountains), was a mountain range that ran 1280 kilometres (795.35 miles) from Mount Gundabad in the far north to Methedras in the south between Eriador and the valley of the Anduin and Rhovanion.
Misty Mountains is a region found within the land of Eriador.
