Small copses of trees and scattered light woodlands dotted the valleys and lower slopes of this range of low hills rising on the southern edge of the Laergaladrin. The Poros ran along the base of the hills, flowing from the outer edges of the Ephel Dúath until it turned to join the Anduin. The Emyn Laer (S. ‘Summer Hills’) themselves curved southward, merging with the Emyn Annûn along the coast of Belfalas Bay. No peak or ridge of the Emyn laer rose higher than three thousand feet above sea level. A number of small streams had cut passages through the Emyn Laer over the years; in the day of Gondor's strength, many trails and roads led through them onto the highlands beyond.