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) |
|---|---|
| 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". Retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ↑ "HiFlows-UK". Archived frae the oreeginal on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2008. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "Frankwell Flood Alleviation Scheme, Shrewsbury" (PDF). UK Environment Agency. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "The River Severn Facts". BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2006.