"Tolkien’s Map and The Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth" Article at Tor

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In Tolkien's defense, the Maps he is getting pilloried over he did not create. Pauline Baynes was the Cartographer of the map being bashed. Christopher Tolkien, (Son) was also responsible for some of the early Cartography.

Granted, Tolkien did do some basic Cartography too, especially early on. Hobbit series for instance and some early Silmarillion stuff.

The part of Tolkien's map that I have issue with is where the Entwash (Ondollo River) meets Anduin, on the Rohan border. The river is shown as a Delta meeting a larger River (Anduin). Is that even possible? I understand the concept of Braided Rivers, but this seems much bigger than that.