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Main article: Rivers of Great Britain Thames Severn Trent Humber Yorkshire Ouse Tyne Mersey Dee Avon The Severn is the longest English River, with the Thames and Trent second and third respectively. These are the three longest rivers in the United Kingdom. ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - 1194

1194 - Events. July 5 - Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to give up his throne. Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily. City of Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter. Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter. Yellow River of China experienced a major course change. It took over the Huai River drainage system for the ne ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Crowland

Crowland (modern usage) or Croyland (medieval era name and the one still in ecclesiastical use) is a town in Lincolnshire, England, positioned between Peterborough and Spalding, with two major sites of historical interest. One is the unique fourteenth Century three-sided bridge, Trinity Bridge, which stands at its central point, the confluence of three rivers, the other is its ruined medieval Crowland Abbey, founded by St Guthlac in the eighth century. The Croyland Chronicle, an important source for medieval historians, is believed to be

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett and Bridgwater Bay. It suffered a major flood in 1607, and remained a small village until the late eighteenth century. It forms part of the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge. According to the 2001 census the total population for the whole built-up area was 21,476, up 9.6% from the 1991 figure of 19,558. The town is notable for its collection of lighthouses, including the Round Tower lighthouse of 1829, the Pillar Lighthouse and the Lighthouse on legs. Burnham is now a popular seaside ...

England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West England and extending from the lower estuary of the River Severn to that part of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Celtic Sea. It takes its name from the English city of Bristol. Bristol Channel - Ecology. At low tide large parts of the channel may become mud flats, as the estuary has a tidal range of 15 metres, the second largest in the world. The estuary is an important area for wildlife, in par ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1794, located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. It enrolls approximately 1,660 students and has been coeducational since 1971. Bowdoin offers 33 majors and 4 additional minors; the academic year consists of two four-course semesters, and the student-faculty ratio is 10:1. Brunswick is located on the shores of Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River, 12 miles (19 km) north of Freeport, Maine, 28 miles north of Portland, Maine, and 131 miles (211 km) north of ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - River Tyne England

The River Tyne is a river in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers, the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Acomb near Hexham in Northumberland. The South Tyne rises on Alston Moor, Cumbria and flow through the towns of Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge, in a valley often called the Tyne Gap. Hadrian's Wall lies to the North of the Tyne Gap. Coincidentally the source of the South Tyne is very close to the surces of the other two great rivers of the industrial north east namely the Tees ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through Western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island Sound at Fenwick, Connecticut. It has a total length of 405 miles (640 km), and a drainage basin extending over 11,250 mi² (29,138 km²). The source of the Connecticut River is the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire. Important tributaries include the Miller's, Mill, Deerfield, White, and Swift Rivers. (The Swift River has been largely replaced b ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Don

The term Don may refer to; Don, Donald Duck's nickname. Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology an abbreviated/diminutive form of the Western male name Donald. in English universities, traditionally, a head, fellow or tutor of a college (see also Superdon) In pharmacology, DON refers to the psychedelic phenethylam ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Charles River

The Charles River is a small, relatively short Massachusetts (USA) river that separates Boston from Cambridge and Charlestown. It is fed by some 80 brooks and streams, and several major aquifers, as it flows snakelike for 80 miles, starting at Echo Lake in Hopkinton, through 58 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts, before emptying into Boston Harbor. Its watershed contains 33 lakes and ponds, mostly manmade. Despite the river's length, and relatively large drainage area (308 squar ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - Canyon

A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. In fortification a gorge is the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork. Canyon - Canyon. Most canyons originate by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level, with a stream gradually carving out its valley. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wetter areas because weathering has a les ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia - North York Moors

North York Moors National Park is a National Park in the north of England. Its size is 1,436 km2 (554 square miles), and it is one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. 83% of the Park's area is in private ownership. The area is very well defined; on three sides rampart-like escarpments rise up from the flat Yorkshire countryside, whilst the fourth (eastern) side is a cliff-edged coast. Many visitors to the moors are engaged in outdoor pursuits, particularly walking; the parks h ...

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England - Major rivers: Encyclopedia II - Major football rivalries - Boca Juniors vs River Plate

These two teams from Buenos Aires, Argentina are the protagonist of the so called El Superclásico of Argentine football (The Superderby. Spanish, clásico –meaning classic– is the word used meaning derby in Argentina). The rivalry between Boca Juniors and River Plate is intense, and the teams have sometimes taken to distribute posters to tease the other team after a defeat between them or even lost in any major competition, or to s ...

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