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The River Ouse (/ uː z / OOZ) is a river in North Yorkshire, England. Hydrologically, the river is a continuation of the River Ure, and the combined length of the River Ure and River Ouse makes it, at 129 miles (208 km), the sixth-longest river of the United Kingdom and (including the Ure) the longest to flow entirely in one county. The length ...
The River Great Ouse (/ uː z / ooz) is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire , the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wash and the North Sea near Kings Lynn .
Rous River rises below Mount Hobwee on the southern slopes of the McPherson Range, near Numinbah on the New South Wales-Queensland border, [3] and flows generally east by south, and then east, joined by four minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Tweed River at Tumbulgum, northeast of Murwillumbah.
Bridges across the River Ouse, Yorkshire (18 P) I. Isle of Axholme (5 C, 42 P) O. Ouse catchment (2 C, 25 P) T. Tributaries of the River Ouse, Yorkshire (1 C)
An act of Parliament, the River Ouse Navigation Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 52) was obtained on 28 April 1790, covering improvements to the river between Lewes Bridge and Hammer Bridge in Cuckfield, with a branch to Shortbridge. The Company of Proprietors of the River Ouse Navigation was created by the act, and they had powers to raise £25,000, by ...
Clifton, Rawcliffe and Poppleton ings are temporary storage area (washland scheme [1]) for water that flows down the River Ouse in York, England.. Approximately 2,300,000 cubic metres (81,000,000 cu ft) [2] of water is able to be stored here which lowers the flood level by about 150 mm (5.9 in) in the city.
Glynde Reach and the River Ouse were almost certainly a tidal inlet at the time the Domesday book was produced in 1086. The main industry was the production of salt by the evaporation of sea water, and salt works were recorded at Ripe and Laughton. [3]
Longest rivers in New South Wales by length (September 2008) Order River name Length Region(s) Notes km mi; 1: Murray: 2,508 1,558: Riverina: Approx. 1,808 kilometres (1,123 mi) of the river course is located within NSW. Also Australia's longest river. 2: Murrumbidgee: 1,488 925: Riverina: Approx. 1,429 kilometres (888 mi) of the river course ...