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The River Bann (from Irish: An Bhanna, meaning "the goddess"; [1] Ulster-Scots: Bann Wattèr [2]) is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km (80 mi). However, the total length of the River Bann, including its path through the 30 km (19 mi) long Lough Neagh is 159 km (99 mi).
The River Shannon's overall length (to Loop Head), using the Boyle River's furthest source, is 392.1 kilometres (243.6 mi), [12] making the Boyle-Shannon river the longest natural stream flow (source to sea) in Ireland, 31.6 km (19.5 mi) longer than the Shannon Pot source.
Table 2 shows the largest rivers in Ireland (by mean flow) in cubic metres per second. Some of the larger or better-known rivers of Ireland are shown on this map (large version). The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi). The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and ...
Apart from being Ireland's longest river, the Shannon is also, by far, Ireland's largest river by flow. It has a long-term average flow rate of 208.1 m 3 /s (7,350 cu ft/s) (at Limerick). This is double the flow rate of Ireland's second highest-volume river, the short River Corrib (104.8 m 3 /s [3,700 cu ft/s]. [18]
The island is almost bisected by the River Shannon, which at 360.5 km (224 mi) with a 102.1 km (63 mi) estuary is the longest river in Ireland and flows south from County Cavan in the province of Ulster to form the boundary between Connacht and Leinster, and later Munster, and meet the Atlantic just south and west of Limerick.
Of the 1,760-square-mile (4,550 km 2) catchment area, around 9% lies in the Republic of Ireland and 91% in Northern Ireland; [9] altogether 43% of the land area of Northern Ireland is drained into the lough, [10] which itself flows out northwards to the sea via the River Bann. As one of its sources is the Upper Bann, the Lough can itself be ...
Rivers of Northern Ireland by county (6 C) Pages in category "Rivers of Northern Ireland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Cavan is the source of many rivers. Shannon Pot on the slopes of Cuilcagh is the source of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland at 386 km (240 mi). The River Erne is a major river which rises from Beaghy Lough, two miles (3 km) south of Stradone in Cavan and flows for 120 km (75 mi) to Lough Erne.