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The River Gannel (Cornish: Dowr Gwyles, meaning lovage river [citation needed]) rises in the village of Indian Queens in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It flows north under Trevemper Bridge and becomes a tidal estuary, the Gannel (Cornish: An Ganel, meaning the Channel), that divides the town of Newquay from the village of Crantock and joins the Celtic Sea.
Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England. The city of Southampton lies at its most northerly point, where the estuaries of the River Test and River Itchen meet. Along its salt marsh-fringed western shores lie the New Forest villages of Dibden, Hythe and Fawley, and the Fawley Refinery.
The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, with the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, from Manhattan Island, and from the Bronx on the North American ...
Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York to the south. From west to east, the sound stretches 110 mi (180 km) from the East River and the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City, along the North Shore of Long ...
From the estuary to the Port of London by boat in 1906, when the port was the commercial heart of the British Empire. London's River – An intriguing journey down the Thames in rare archive film. River Thames Boat Blog – A blog with articles dedicated to helping people get the most from boating on the Tidal River Thames in London.
It then flows south to Haverfordwest, where it becomes tidal, this being the lowest bridge crossing. The tidal estuary expands into a deep ria, and unites with the Eastern Cleddau estuary at Picton Point, to form the Daugleddau estuary. Length (Penysgwarne to Picton Point) about 40 km, of which about 9 km is tidal.
Their main guide says to use when navigating to or from: the north: the Middle Deep, Swin, Warp and Barrow Deep. [15] the south/due east: the Horse and Gore and Four Fathom Channels. [15] To cross the south-east quarter of the estuary large vessels use Fisherman's Gat, and small vessels to were expected to use Foulger's Gat. [15]
The River Clyde estuary has an upper tidal limit located at the tidal weir next to Glasgow Green. [3] Historically, it was important to the British Empire because of its role in shipbuilding and trade. [4] To the Romans, it was Clota, [5] and in the early medieval Cumbric language, it was known as Clud or Clut.