The Midgewater Marshes are a region of Eriador east of Bree-land and the Chetwood. It is a large bog, with brown grass, stumpy trees, boggy pools, and possibly worst of all, midges. No orcs spawn here. Instead there are clouds of annoying midges, which are worse. The marshes are treacherous to cross, because around the pools of water there is quagmire, a substance similar to quicksand that will suffocate any passer-by careless enough to tread on it. Upon entering these marshes you gain the achievement "More Midges than Water!"