Brown Lands
The Brown Lands are a location in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium. They are a barren and desolate region located south of Mirkwood and east of the Anduin River, in the area known as Rhovanion.
The Brown Lands were once a fertile and prosperous region, inhabited by the ancestors of the Northmen who would later become the people of Rohan. However, the area was devastated by a great plague and was largely abandoned, becoming a desolate and infertile wasteland.