Key facts
- Country
- England
- County
- County Durham , Tyne and Wear
- Major settlements
- • Wolsingham • Bishop Auckland • Willington • Durham • Chester-le-Street • Washington • Sunderland
- Location
- Wearhead
- Coordinates
- 54°45′00″N 2°13′21″W / 54.750°N 2.2225°W / 54.750; -2.2225
- Elevation
- 340 m (1,120 ft)
- Length
- 96 km (60 mi)
- Left
- Cong Burn , South Burn, River Browney , Shittlehope Burn
- Right
- Lumley Park Burn , River Gaunless , Bedburn Beck
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Sunderland
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Durham castle.jpg
- Length
- 96
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- Commons category
- River Wear
- mouth of the watercourse
- North Sea
- origin of the watercourse
- Wearhead
- basin country
- United Kingdom
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The River Wear (/ˈwɪər/ , WEER) in Northern England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At 60 mi (97 km) long, it is one of the region's longest rivers. The Wear wends in a steep valley through the cathedral city of Durham and gives its name to Weardale in its upper reach and Wearside by its mouth.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Wear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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