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A river island is any exposed landmass surrounded by river water. Properly defined, it excludes shoals between seasonally varying flows and may exclude semi-coastal islands in river deltas such as Marajó. These islands result from changes in the course of a river. Such changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing ...
Geography of Ireland. Ireland is an island in Northern Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean. The island, of up to around 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, lies near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the Eurasian Plate. Its main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by ...
The Three Sisters (Irish: An Triúr Deirfiúr) are three rivers in Ireland: the River Barrow, the River Nore and the River Suir. The Suir and Nore rise in the same mountainous area in County Tipperary, near the Devil's Bit, while the Barrow rises in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois. The Nore flows into the Barrow about 17 km before ...
The Great Island area and population are those of the total ED (7,012 acres (2,838 hectares), 10060 people) less those of Foaty, Haulbowline, Spike, Rocky, and Coney Islands (897 acres (363 hectares), 636 people) ^ 2006 Census Vol.1 Table 6 gives 6541 for Cobh town and 6339 for Cobh rural ED; most were on Great Island but 165 were on ...
Clew Bay (/ ˈkluː /; Irish: Cuan Mó) is a large ocean bay on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland. It is roughly rectangular and has more than a hundred small islands on its landward side; Ireland's best example of sunken drumlins. The larger Clare Island guards the entrance of the bay.
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Finned River, County Sligo. River Flesk 28.25 miles (45.46 km) [3] Flurry River, County Louth *. Forrest Little Stream, County Dublin. River Foyle. River Foyle * 80 miles (130 km) (total) [25] – that portion named "Foyle" forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Fox Stream, County Dublin.
The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi). The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. Of these, Lough Derg is the largest. The Shannon enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Shannon Estuary. Other major rivers include the River Liffey, River Lee, River Swilly ...