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The River Thames (/ t ɛ m z / ⓘ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
This is a route-map template for a UK waterway. For a key to symbols, see the Waterways legend . For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap .
In the upper reaches of the Thames, the river depth was raised by dams and in the lower reaches it was raised by embankments, so gradually most fords were lost. [1] At least one regular ford remains, at Duxford. Many of the present road bridges over the river are on the sites of earlier fords, ferries and wooden structures.
(This marked the seaward limit of the river jurisdiction successively of the City of London and the Thames Conservancy). A line between Havengore Creek, Essex (to the north), and Warden Point, east Sheppey, Kent (to the south), tallying with the easternmost hazardous point of the Nore sandbank. (This formed the seaward limit of the Port of ...
The Thames Path is one of the Mayor of London's strategic walking routes. [33] The Thames Path Cycle Route is a black-signposted route that follows the river between Putney Bridge in the west and Greenwich in the east. It mostly follows the Thames Path, but diverges in various sections, especially where the path follows a footpath-only route.
A source-to-mouth channel of the Thames can be traced that has 138 open bridges when the festival mentioned above is not on and does not have its extra bridge over the single channel, in which case 139; however if every bridge to a Thames island, such island with a link to both banks is counted, there are 85 more (mainly due to the channels dug or formalised in Ashton Keynes and Oxford ...
Thames and Severn Canal via River Coln Lechlade 51°41′17″N 1°42′19″W / 51.6881°N 1.7052°W / 51.6881; -1.7052 ( River Stroud , Gloucestershire and Gloucester and the Severn valley
Map of Oxford c. 1900, with the river labelled as "River Thames or Isis". Rowing on the Isis opposite the Oxford college boathouses. "The Isis" (/ ˈ aɪ s ɪ s / EYE-siss) is an alternative name for the River Thames, used from its source in the Cotswolds until it is joined by the River Thame at Dorchester in Oxfordshire.