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Inny, Ottery, Kensey and Lynher. The Tamar ( / ˈteɪmɑːr /; Cornish: Dowr Tamar) [3] is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A part of the Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities.
Pages in category "Rivers of Devon" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aller Brook;
Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published by G.P. Putnam's Sons with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue. It won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928, [1] and has never been out of print since its first publication.
River Tale [1] The River Otter is a river that rises in the Blackdown Hills just inside the county of Somerset, England near Otterford, then flows south through East Devon. [3] It enters the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Tavy ( / ˈteɪvi /) is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root "Tam", once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'. [1] It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy . It is a tributary of the River Tamar and has as its own ...
River Dart. / 50.34250°N 3.56417°W / 50.34250; -3.56417. The River Dart is a river in Devon, England, that rises high on Dartmoor and flows for 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the sea at Dartmouth. [1]
The River Torridge is a river in Devon in England; it rises near Meddon. The river describes a long loop through Devon farming country where its tributaries the Lew and Okement join before meeting the Taw at Appledore and flowing into the Bristol Channel. The river is spate dependent and often flows between wooded banks which can be steep. [1]
The River Taw at Umberleigh A meander on an uppermost reach of River Taw. The River Taw (/ t ɔː /) in England rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses North Devon and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel, having formed a large estuary of wide meanders which at its western end is the ...