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River Avon
Sign in to saveAlso known as River Avon (Warwickshire), Shakespeare's Avon
river in Warwickshire, UK
Key facts
- Country
- England
- Counties
- Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Gloucestershire
- Towns
- Rugby , Warwick , Stratford-upon-Avon , Evesham , Tewkesbury
- Location
- Naseby , Northamptonshire
- Coordinates
- 52°23′51″N 0°59′19″W / 52.3975°N 0.9887°W / 52.3975; -0.9887
- Length
- 137 km (85 mi)
- Basin size
- 2,670 km (1,030 sq mi)
- Average
- 15.5 m /s (550 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Avon → Severn → Bristol Channel → Celtic Sea
- River system
- Severn
- Left
- Leam , Stour , Isbourne
- Right
- Swift , Sowe , Arrow
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Gloucestershire
- Image
- Stratford avon2.jpg
- Length
- 154
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- tributary
- River Arrow
- Commons category
- River Avon, Warwickshire
- watershed area
- 2670
- mouth of the watercourse
- River Severn
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The River Avon (/ˈeɪvən/ AY-vən or /ˈeɪvɒn/ AY-von) in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary of the River Severn. It is also known as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon, to distinguish it from several other rivers of the same name in the United Kingdom.
Beginning in Northamptonshire, the river flows through or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, near the Cotswold Hills area. Notable towns it flows through include Rugby, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham, Pershore and Tewkesbury, where it joins the Severn. It has traditionally been divided since 1719 into the Lower Avon, below Evesham, and the Upper Avon, from Evesham to above Stratford-upon-Avon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Avon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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