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This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to the Tweed on the Scottish border.
For details of rivers of the United Kingdom, see List of rivers of England; List of rivers of Scotland; List of rivers of Wales; Northern Ireland: see List of rivers of Ireland and Rivers of Ireland; Longest rivers of the United Kingdom
Thus, the combined Churn/Thames river would top the list. Sue Owen et al., in their book on rivers, generally restrict the length to the parts that bear the same name. Thus the River Nene is quoted at 100 miles (160 km), but would be around 5 miles (8 km) more if the variously named sources were included.
Rivers rarely run in a straight line, instead, they bend or meander; the locations of a river's banks can change frequently. Rivers get their alluvium from erosion, which carves rock into canyons and valleys. Rivers have sustained human and animal life for millennia, including the first human civilizations.
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Multiple rivers with the same name Due to the fact that there are many rivers in the UK with the same name (e.g. there are at least four rivers in England called River Avon), the following method of disambiguation is proposed: The most important river can stay at the undisambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier.
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 .