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The river runs through Blaenrhondda where it is joined by the Nant y Gwair, and runs down the Rhondda Valley, (Welsh: Cwm Rhondda). The river then passes through a string of mining towns and villages including Treherbert, Treorchy, Pentre, Ton Pentre, Ystrad Rhondda, Llwynypia, Tonypandy (joined by the Nant Clydach), Dinas and Porth where it ...
Rhondda / ˈ r ɒ n ð ə /, or the Rhondda Valley (Welsh: Cwm Rhondda [kʊm ˈr̥ɔnða]), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan.It takes its name from the River Rhondda, and embraces two valleys – the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (mawr, 'large') and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley (bach, 'small') – so that the singular "Rhondda Valley" and the ...
The Aman River in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, is a tributary of the River Cynon.At Cwmaman it is formed by the confluence of various streams including the Nant Aman Fach (from the north west), the Nant Aman Fawr (from the west) and the Sychnant (from the south).
Rhondda Cynon Taf (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈr̥ɔnða ˈkənɔn ˈtaːv]; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: Taf) and Ely valleys, plus several towns and villages away from the valleys.
This little-known waterfall lies hidden deep in the Sychryd gorge. The Afon Sychryd is a river in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.Although it is a relatively short river, with a total length of 3 miles (5 km), it is notable for the gorge and two waterfalls through which it flows.
The site they selected was a small valley in which the Clydach brook flowed underground through a culvert, just to the west of the point at which it flowed into the River Rhondda Fawr. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building was designed in the neoclassical style , built in rubble masonry and was officially opened as the Theatre Royal in 1892.
The town sits at the junction of the Rhondda and Taff valleys, where the River Rhondda flows into the Taff just south of the town at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park. [7] Pontypridd community recorded a population of about 32,700 in the 2011 census figures. [8] while Pontypridd Town ward itself was recorded as having a population of 2,919 also as ...
River Length Notes (miles) (km) 1 River Severn: 220 354 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 ...