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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.
Thus the River Ure and River Ouse can be counted as one river system or as two rivers. If it is counted as one, the River Aire / River Ouse/ Humber system would come fourth in the list, with a combined length of 161 miles (259 km); and the River Trent /Humber system would top the list with their combined length of 222 miles (357 km). [ 6 ]
The Humber river system is tidal as far inland as Naburn Lock on the River Ouse, [1] Knottingley on the River Aire [2] [3] and Askern on the River Don. [4] The Humber has the second largest tidal range in the UK at 7.2 metres (24 ft). The largest is the Bristol Channel at nearly double that range. [5]
From Sherston the river flows east to Malmesbury, where it is joined by its first major tributary, the Tetbury Avon, which rises just east of Tetbury in Gloucestershire. [8] [9] This is known locally as the Ingleburn, [10] which in Old English means 'English river'. The two rivers flow north and south of a rocky outcrop, almost creating an ...
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The River Cherwell (/ ˈ tʃ ɑːr w ɛ l / ⓘ CHAR-wel or / ˈ tʃ ɜːr w ɛ l / CHUR-wel) is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Hellidon , Northamptonshire and flows southwards for 40 miles (64 km) to meet the Thames at Oxford in Oxfordshire .
The River Windrush is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Snowshill in Gloucestershire and flows south east for 65 km (40 mi) via Burford and Witney to meet the Thames at Newbridge in Oxfordshire. The river gives its name to the village of Windrush in Gloucestershire.