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Canals in orange, rivers in blue, streams in grey. The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation and transport, through becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's role of recreational boating.
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.
Map showing canals of the British Isles. Canals in orange, rivers in blue, streams in grey. Map of the current, leisure oriented system. The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal).
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.
The River Dee was the traditional boundary of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in Wales for centuries, possibly since its founding in the 5th century. [2] It was recorded in the 13th century (in mainstream Middle English orthography, lacking the letters v and w) as flumen Dubr Duiu; [2] the name appears to derive from the Brythonic dēvā: "River of the Goddess" or "Holy River". [3]
The Wye Valley National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; Welsh: Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. The River Wye ( Welsh: Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The upper part passes through Rhayader, Builth Wells and Hay ...
The River Mersey ( / ˈmɜːrzi /) is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. [ 2] For centuries it has formed part of the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and ...
Temperate. References. [ 1][ 2] Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and whose physical geography is characterised by a varied coastline and a largely upland interior. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of 2,064,100 hectares ...