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Longest river in the United Kingdom; leaves Wales after 48 miles (77 km). 2 River Wye: 135 217 Forms the Wales-England border for much of its length. 3 River Teme: 81 130 Entirely in England after 12 miles (19 km). 4 River Usk: 78 126 [3] Longest river entirely in Wales according to some sources. [4] 5 River Tywi: 75 121 6 River Teifi: 73 117 ...
The River Wye (Welsh: Afon Gwy) is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom. [40] The upper part of the river passes through the settlements of Rhayader, Builth Wells and Hay-on-Wye, but the area designated as an AONB surrounds only the 58-mile stretch lower down the river, [39] from just south of the English city of Hereford to Chepstow ...
The Afon Colwyn (English: River Colwyn) is a small river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, a tributary of the Afon Glaslyn.. The River Colwyn above Beddgelert. It has its source on the south-western flank of Snowdon.
Welsh River Names. In Welsh , Afon means River, and Nant means Stream. So all waterways beginning with River , Afon and Nant are classified by the second word of their name.
Although the spoken form in the local North Wales dialect is Ogwan (with an A), and it has also recently been shown that Ogwan is an original form of the name; the form Ogwen is believed to have been mistakenly adopted as a kind of back-formation, because many words ending in -en become -an in the north Wales dialect. The name of the river is ...
Afon Gwyrfai from Pont Cyrnant. The Afon Gwyrfai is a short river in Gwynedd, Wales.For half of its length it flows through Snowdonia National Park.Exiting Llyn y Gader it flows north through the small village of Rhyd-ddu to enter the southeastern end of Llyn Cwellyn.
River Neath (Welsh: Afon Nedd) is a river in south Wales running south west from the point at which its headwaters arising in the Brecon Beacons National Park converge to its mouth at Baglan Bay below Briton Ferry on the east side of Swansea Bay.
The Afon Cilieni is a short river which rises on the southern slopes of Mynydd Epynt in Powys, Wales.The name may mean ' the river rising in a small nook'. [1]Its upper reaches are within the military training area of SENTA, the British Army's Sennybridge Training Area.