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The Trent passes over a man-made waterfall in Hollin Wood just downstream from its source. The Trent is the third longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands into the Humber Estuary. The river is known for dramatic flooding after ...
The River Soar (/ s ɔːr /) is a major tributary of the River Trent in the East Midlands as well as the principal river of Leicestershire, England. The source of the river is midway between Hinckley and Lutterworth. The river then flows north through Leicester, where it is joined by the Grand Union Canal.
The River Tame is a river in the West Midlands of England, and one of the principal tributaries of the River Trent. [4] The Tame is about 95 km (59 mi) long from the source at Oldbury to its confluence with the Trent near Alrewas, [1] but the main river length of the entire catchment, i.e. the Tame and its main tributaries, is about 285 km (177 mi).
The River Trent is a river of the English Midlands, in the United Kingdom. Other rivers of the same name include: Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada; a hamlet Trent River in the municipality of Trent Hills along Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada. Trent River (North Carolina) in North Carolina, United States; Trent River (New ...
The source of the River Trent is a short walk down a public footpath that can be picked up at the end of Trentley Drive. Features The village has three churches, a ...
The Trent River is a fresh water river of the coastal plain region of eastern North Carolina.It flows in an easterly direction from its origin approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Kinston, North Carolina and traverses portions of Lenoir County, Jones County and Craven County prior to emptying into the Neuse River at New Bern, North Carolina.
The River Blithe runs into the Blithfield Reservoir between Stafford and Burton-upon-Trent. The reservoir was constructed by the South Staffordshire Water Company and was opened in 1953. [5] The reservoir is a major water source for South Staffordshire but is also utilised for a range of leisure activities from Angling to Sailing.
In 1590, Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene described the River Trent and its fish fauna as follows: [3] The beauteous Trent which in itself enseams, Thirty kinds of fish and thirty different streams. This couplet was closely echoed in 1612, in Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion description of the Trent: [4] Or thirty kinds of fish that in my ...