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This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to the Tweed on the Scottish border.
The Severn Bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn The River Thames in London The River Tay in Perth, by measured flow the largest in Great Britain. This is a list of the major rivers of the United Kingdom, as being prominent in length, flow volume (discharge rate), or both.
For details of rivers of the United Kingdom, see List of rivers of England; List of rivers of Scotland; List of rivers of Wales; Northern Ireland: see List of rivers of Ireland and Rivers of Ireland; Longest rivers of the United Kingdom
Longest river: River Severn (shared with Wales) 354 km (220 mi) Longest river entirely within England is the River Thames. 346 km (215 mi) Largest lake: Windermere 14.73 km 2 (5.69 sq mi) Climate: Oceanic "British" climate with small areas of Subarctic climate: Terrain: Mostly low hills and plains, especially in the south, Midlands and east.
Some minor navigable rivers may be classified as canals. Others include the Warwickshire Avon, the Bristol Avon. There are also the subterranean rivers of London, and the Jubilee River, which, although man-made, was designed to look and act like a natural river rather than a canal.
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
List of rivers of England; List of rivers of Northern Ireland; List of rivers of Scotland; List of rivers of Wales; Rivers of Southern Europe. List of rivers of Albania;
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