Key facts
- Country
- England
- County
- County Durham North Yorkshire Yorkshire (historical) Cumbria Cumberland (historical) Westmorland (historical)
- Location
- Cross Fell
- Coordinates
- 54°42′02″N 2°28′02″W / 54.7006°N 2.4673°W / 54.7006; -2.4673
- Elevation
- 2,474 ft (754 m)
- Mouth
- North Sea
- Length
- 85 mi (137 km)
- Basin size
- 708 sq mi (1,834 km )
- Left
- Harwood Beck, Hudeshope Beck, Eggleston Burn, Skerne , Billingham Beck
- Right
- Maize Beck, Lune , Balder , Greta , Leven
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Durham
- Image
- River Tees, Low Dinsdale.JPG
- Length
- 137
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- mouth of the watercourse
- North Sea
- Commons category
- River Tees
- watershed area
- 1834
- Alexa rank
- 59642
- tributary
- River Skerne
- historic county
- Yorkshire
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The River Tees (/tiːz/), in England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for 85 miles (137 km) to reach the North Sea in the North East of England. The modern-day history of the river has been tied with the industries on Teesside in its lower reaches, where it has provided the means of import and export of goods to and from the North East England. The need for water further downstream also meant that reservoirs were built in the extreme upper reaches, such as Cow Green.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Tees” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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