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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.
TABLE 1. a. The length of the River Shannon from the Shannon Pot to Limerick City is 258 kilometres (160 mi) [8] with a basin area of 11,700 km 2.; 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 names Shannon and Broke for geographical features in the area were first recorded on a map by John Arrowsmith in 1833. [7] Shannon was the site of a timber mill, [7] with the former location now being a campground in Shannon National Park. [8] The mill operated during the 1950s and 1960s and closed in 1968. [9]
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.
Shannon River is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The river rises in the forests to the west of Lake Muir and flows in a southerly direction, crossing the South Western Highway just east of Shannon and then continuing south through the Shannon National Park before entering the Broke Inlet .
Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart (Irish: Loch Deirgeirt), [1] is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland.It is the third-biggest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib) and the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland.
The Shannon Callows (Irish: Caladh na Sionainne) are areas of flat land along the shores of the River Shannon. These areas lie between Athlone in County Westmeath , where the river flows out of Lough Ree , and Portumna in County Galway , where it enters Lough Derg , in central Ireland .