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River Tyne
River in North East England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see River Tyne (disambiguation).
The River Tyne /ˈtaɪn/ ⓘ is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is 73 miles (118 km).[1] It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.
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River Tyne | |
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Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | South Tyne |
• location | Alston Moor, Cumbria, England |
2nd source | North Tyne |
• location | Deadwater Fell, Kielder, Northumberland, England |
Mouth | Tynemouth |
• location | Tynemouth, North Tyneside, England |
• coordinates | 55°0′37″N 1°25′8″W |
Length | 118 km (73 miles)[1] |
Basin size | 2,933 km2 (1,132 square miles)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Bywell[2] |
• average | 44.6 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | River Derwent |
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The Tyne Rivers Trust measure the whole Tyne catchment as 2,936 km2 (1,134 square miles), containing 4,399 km (2,733 miles) of waterways.[3]