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[3] [4] It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of 16,900 km 2 (6,525 sq mi), [5] – approximately one fifth of the area of Ireland. Known as an important waterway since antiquity, the Shannon first appeared in maps by the Graeco-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy (c. 100 – c. 170 AD).
The Shannon River Basin consists of the area containing Ireland's longest river, the River Shannon, and all of its tributaries and lakes. The official Ordnance Survey Ireland length of the Shannon from its Shannon Pot source is 224 miles (360 km) made up of 63.5 miles (102.2 km) tidal water flow and 160.5 miles (258.3 km) freshwater flow.
The River Shannon's overall length (to Loop Head), using the Owenmore River (County Cavan) as source, is 372 kilometres (231 mi), [9] 11 km (7 mi) longer than the Shannon Pot source. The River Shannon's overall length (to Loop Head), using the Boyle River's furthest source, is 392.1 kilometres (243.6 mi), [10] making the Boyle-Shannon river the ...
The Shannon–Erne Waterway (Irish: Uiscebhealach na Sionainne is na hÉirne) is a canal linking the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland. Managed by Waterways Ireland , the canal is 63 km (39 mi) in length, has sixteen locks and runs from Leitrim village in County Leitrim to Upper Lough Erne in ...
Ratty River, also named Owengarney River or O'Garney River, [3] Shannon tributary, connecting Sixmilebridge. River trade was largely destroyed by the building of the "D’Esterre’s Bridge" with tollhouses in 1784, which was too low for bigger ships and the narrow channel made navigation for smaller ship too dangerous.
Lough Ree (Irish: Loch Rí), [1] translated to English as King's Lake or King Lake, [citation needed] is a lake in the midlands of Ireland, the second of the three major lakes on the River Shannon. Lough Ree is the second largest lake on the Shannon after Lough Derg. The other two major lakes are Lough Allen to the north, and Lough Derg to the ...
The Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation (SAC) incorporates the estuary and is 120 km (75 mi) in length, running from Killaloe to Loop Head. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Shannon has a high tidal range , up to around 5.44 m (17.8 ft) at Limerick docks, such that the estuary has been considered for tidal power schemes, despite occasionally ...
Lough Allen (Irish: Loch Aillionn) [2] is a lake on the River Shannon [3] in northeastern Connacht, Ireland. Most of the lake is in County Leitrim , [ 3 ] with a smaller part in County Roscommon . The lake lies to the south of the River Shannon's source , near the Iron Mountains, and is the uppermost of the three main lakes on the river.