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River Avon
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river in the southwest of England
Key facts
- Etymology
- Common Brittonic abona , 'river'
- Country
- England
- Counties of england
- Gloucestershire , Wiltshire , Somerset , Bristol
- Towns cities
- Chippenham , Melksham , Bradford on Avon , Bath , Bristol
- Source
- Didmarton
- Location
- Gloucestershire , England
- Coordinates
- 51°31′49″N 2°16′26″W / 51.53028°N 2.27389°W / 51.53028; -2.27389
- Elevation
- 120 m (390 ft)
- Mouth
- Severn Estuary
- Length
- 134 km (83 mi)
- Basin size
- 2,308 km (891 sq mi)
- Average
- 21.98 m /s (776 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 2.457567 m /s (86.7882 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 310 m /s (11,000 cu ft/s)
- Left
- River Malago , Brislington Brook , River Chew , Corston Brook, Midford Brook , River Frome , Paxcroft Brook, River Biss , Semington Brook, Cocklemore Brook , River Marden , Brinkworth Brook , Woodbridge Brook , Tetbury Avon
- Right
- River Trym , River Frome (Bristol) , Siston Brook , River Boyd , Lam Brook , Bybrook , Gauze Brook
- River system
- River Severn
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Pulteney bridge in Bath view from south before noon.jpg
- Length
- 121
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- Commons category
- River Avon, South-West England
- P12749
- Christian Edward Detmold
- watershed area
- 2308
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The River Avon (/ˈeɪvən/ AY-vən) is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'.
The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South Gloucestershire, before flowing through Wiltshire into Somerset. In its lower reaches from Bath (where it meets the Kennet and Avon Canal) to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth near Bristol, the river is navigable and is known as the Avon Navigation.
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