River Avon
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river in the south of England
Key facts
- Etymology
- Brittonic Celtic meaning river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Country within the uk
- England
- Counties
- Wiltshire , Hampshire , Dorset
- Location
- Vale of Pewsey , Wiltshire
- Coordinates
- 51°22′35″N 1°57′08″W / 51.3765°N 1.9523°W / 51.3765; -1.9523
- Elevation
- 124 metres (407 ft)
- Mouth
- English Channel
- Length
- 96 km (60 mi)
- Left
- Bourne , Linford Brook , Nine Mile River
- Right
- Nadder , Ebble , Turmer Brook , Sweatfords Water
- Official name
- Avon Valley
- Designated
- 2 February 1998
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- England
- Image
- Salisbury-RiverAvon.jpg
- Length
- 96
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- Commons category
- River Avon, Hampshire
- mouth of the watercourse
- English Channel
- watershed area
- 2932
- tributary
- River Nadder
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
51°20′56″N 1°56′53″W / 51.349°N 1.948°W / 51.349; -1.948
The River Avon (/ˈeɪvən/ AY-vən) is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Avon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations