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viernes, 5 de abril de 2013

Rivers in England


The main rivers are Thames, Severn, the Trent and the Ouse.
The Thames is the principal river of England. It rises near Kemble and passes through the cities of Oxford, Wallingford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Marlow, Maidenhead, Eton, Windsor and London. Its length is 346 km and flows into the channel Mancha.Es a navigable river, connecting London with the sea on one side and the dense network of inland canals on the other. The most important is the Bristol Channel, which communicates with the River Severn. Its main tributaries are the rivers Churn, Leach, Cole, Coln, Windrush, Evenlode, Cherwell, Ock, Thame, Pang, Kennet, Loddon, Colne, Wey and Mole.
The River Severn is the longest river in the United Kingdom and. It has 354 km in length. The river rises near Plynlimon, and through towns like Shrewsbury, Worcester and Gloucester. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean forming an estuary in the Southwest. Its main tributary is the River Tern, but also his own tributaries the rivers Vyrnwy, Stour, Warwickshire Avon and Bristol Avon and Teme the left and the right Wye.
The River Trent has a length of 297 km. Born in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Mow Cop and flows into the North Sea in the Humber estuary, which it shares with the River Ouse. It falls on the estuary at Niagara Trent. It is a navigable river in the 188 km that between Burton and the mouth. Its main tributaries are the rivers Dove, Derwent, Erewash and Devon to the left, and Mease, Tame and Soar to the right. Traverses the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby, Nottingham, Newark-on-Trent, Immingham and Hull.
The River Ouse has a length of 240 km. Born around the villages of Syresham and Sulgrave, in Northamptonshire. Traverses the cities of Brackley, Buckingham, Stony Stratford Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Bedford, St Neots, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, St Ives, Littleport and Downham Market. Flows into the North Sea in the Humber estuary, which it shares with the River Trent. Its main tributaries are the Babingley, Gaywood, Ouzel or Lovat, Odell Rill, Kym, Ivel, Cam, Lark, Ouse and Wissey.

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