River Severn
The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren, Laitin: Sabrina) is the langest river in the Unitit Kinrick, at aboot 220 mile (354 km).[3][4] It rises at an altitude o 2,001 feet (610 m) on Plynlimon, close tae the Ceredigion/Powys border near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Moontains o mid Wales. It then flows throu Shropshire, Worcestershire an Gloucestershire, wi the coonty touns o Shrewsbury, Worcester an Gloucester on its banks. Wi an average dischairge o 107 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s) at Apperley, Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms o watter flow in Ingland an Wales.
River Severn | |
Welsh: Afon Hafren, Laitin: Sabrina | |
River | |
The Severn at Shrewsbury frae Shrewsbury Castle.
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Kintras | Unitit Kinrick, (Wales, Ingland) |
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Regions | Mid Wales, Wast Midlands, Sooth Wast |
Coonties | Powys, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire |
Tributaries | |
- left | Vyrnwy, Tern, Stour, Warwickshire Avon, Bristol Avon |
- right | Teme, Leadon, Wye |
Ceeties | Shrewsbury, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol |
Laundmerks | Ironbridge Gorge, Severn Valley, Severn bore, Severn crossin |
Soorce | |
- location | Plynlimon, Ceredigion, Wales |
- elevation | 610 m (2,001 ft) |
- coordinates | 52°29′36″N 3°44′04″W / 52.493465°N 3.734578°W |
Mooth | Severn Estuary |
- location | Bristol Channel, Unitit Kinrick |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Lenth | 354 km (220 mi) |
Basin | 11,420 km2 (4,409 sq mi) |
Discharge | for Bewdley, Worcs. SO 7815 7622 |
- average | 61.17 m3/s (2,160 cu ft/s) [1] |
- max | 533.48 m3/s (18,840 cu ft/s) max recorded on 1947-03-21[2] |
Tributaries (licht blue) an major settlements on and near the Severn (bold blue)
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ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "National River Flow Archive – 54001 Severn @ Bewdley". Archived frae the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 24 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "HiFlows-UK". Archived frae the original on 9 Januar 2007. Retrieved 24 Januar 2008. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) Archived 2007-01-09 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ "Frankwell Flood Alleviation Scheme, Shrewsbury" (PDF). UK Environment Agency. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2010.
- ↑ "The River Severn Facts". BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2006.