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River Length Notes (miles) (km) 1 River Severn: 220 354 Longest river in the United Kingdom; leaves Wales after 48 miles (77 km). 2 River Wye: 135 217 Forms the Wales-England border for much of its length. 3 River Teme: 81 130 Entirely in England after 12 miles (19 km). 4 River Usk: 78 126 [3] Longest river entirely in Wales according to some ...
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.
The River Wye ( / waɪ /; Welsh: Afon Gwy [ɡʊɨ̯]) is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 250 kilometres (155 miles) from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. [ 1] For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales.
The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for 160 miles (260 km) [ 1] from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales. [ 2][ 3] It has followed broadly the same line since the 8th century, and in part that of Offa's Dyke ...
The River Severn ( Welsh: Afon Hafren, pronounced [ˈavɔn ˈhavrɛn] ), at 220 miles (354 km) long, is the longest river in Great Britain. [ 4][ 5] It is also the river with the most voluminous flow of water by far in all of England and Wales, with an average flow rate of 107 m 3 /s (3,800 cu ft/s) at Apperley, Gloucestershire.
784. Offa's Dyke ( Welsh: Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction. Although its precise original purpose is debated, it delineated the ...
Turboletae / Turboleti. Uraci / Duraci. Possible Celtiberian tribe. Belendi / Pelendi – Belinum territory ( Belin-Béliet ), in the middle Sigmatis river (in today's Leyre) river area, south of the Bituriges Vivisci and the Boii Boiates; they may have been related to the Pellendones (a Celtiberian tribe).
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.