Golow River

Golow River is a recurring location in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]^[2]

Features and Overview

Breath of the Wild

Golow River is a river delta of lava that flows south of Darunia Lake, located in Eldin Canyon. The River connects to the narrower Goronbi River further south, which ultimately flows into Goronbi Lake. The River is bordered by a mountain range on its western side. Directly to the east of the River is Goron City.

Tears of the Kingdom

With the cooling of Lava throughout the Eldin Canyon, Golow River has become a Hot Spring river.

Nomenclature

Golow River is named after Golo, a Goron from Skyward Sword. The neighboring Gortram Cliff and Gorko Lake/Gorko Tunnel are also named for Gorons in that game, Gortram and Gorko respectively.

In Japanese, although the other two are more clear, the connection with this location's name is much more obscure, using different kanji readings. In Skyward Sword, Golo is called ケンブン (Kenbun). This is derived from the on'yomi reading of 検分 meaning 'inspection' or 'survey' due to his role as an archaeologist. Kenbun is also the on'yomi reading of the related word 見聞, meaning 'observe' or 'experience'. However this also has the kun'yomi reading of mikiki (more commonly spelled with an okurigana as 見聞き), which when rendered in katakana yields the Japanese name of Golow River, ミキキ川 (Mikiki-gawaMikiki River).

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japan Japanese	ミキキ川 (Mikiki Gawa) ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)} ミキキ川(がわ) (Mikiki Gawa) ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}	Knowledge River Potentially a reference to Golo's profession as an archaeologist.
The People's Republic of China Chinese^SISimplified	米奇奇河 (Mǐ Qíqí Hé) ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
The Republic of ChinaThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of ChinaThe Macao Special Administrative Region of China Chinese^{TRTraditional}	米奇奇河 (Mǐ Qíqí Hé) ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
The Kingdom of the Netherlands Dutch	Golow-stroom ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[3]	Golo Stream
Canada French^CACanadian	Vonture ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
The French Republic French^EUEuropean	Vonture ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
The Federal Republic of Germany German	Bunnken-Fluss ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild \| TotKTears of the Kingdom)}^[4]	Bunnken River
The Italian Republic Italian	Fiume Gorondra ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
The Republic of Korea Korean	미키키강 ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
Latin America Spanish^{LALatin American}	Río Roventu ^{(BotWBreath of the Wild)}^[5]	Roventu River
The Kingdom of Spain Spanish^EUEuropean	Río Roventu ^{(TotKTears of the Kingdom)}
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.