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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.
The Clun is one of only eleven watercourses in England that is home to the mussel [13] and one of three English rivers that has been designated a European Special Area of Conservation. [15] A citizen science project, the River Clun Monitoring Group, has been established to monitor, and track changes in, the river's ecological condition. [16]
Although the name Derventio is otherwise unattested for the river, it is an established etymology throughout Britain, found at the River Darent, Derwentwater, and a number of rivers named Derwent. [4] Anna Eliza Bray recorded that a version of the name, Darant was still in common usage as late as 1832. [5]
Major rivers can be seen in this map. This list of rivers in Scotland is organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. (L) indicates a left-bank tributary and (R) indicates a right-bank tributary whilst (Ls) and (Rs) indicate left and right forks where a ...
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Water quality in the river was generally moderate in 2016, although there was a section where the quality was bad, the lowest rating given by the Environment Agency, who monitor English rivers. The river hosts a large population of signal crayfish , an invasive species which has increased as the eel population has diminished.