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  Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Rhi-Ribb)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Rhigos is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.
Rhiwinder is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.
Rhydyfelin is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GPE.HTM   (767 words)

  
 Aberdare Community & Synagogue
The Welsh Valley town of Aberdare is in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The county borough was formed in 1996 by the merger of Rhondda, Cynon Valley and Taff-Ely, all districts in the county of Mid Glamorgan.
It is situated on the confluence of the river Dar and the river Cynon.
www.jewishgen.org /JCR-UK/community/val2_aberdare   (89 words)

  
 List of rivers of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rivers of England, Scotland and Wales, organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Land's End are included.
For simplicity, they are divided here by the nation in which the mouth of the river can be found, and sea into which it flows.
River Thames (From Oxford up to its source, the Thames is also known as the River Isis)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom   (337 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Wales
Caerleon is a village situated on the river Usk on the northern outskirts of Newport.
Offas Dyke is a massive earthwork between England and Wales, running from the estuary of the River Dee in the north to the River Wye in the south (approximately 240 km).
Map sources for Berwick-upon-Tweed at grid reference NT9952 Berwick-upon-Tweed from across the river Berwick-upon-Tweed, (pronounced Berrick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, situated on the east coast on the mouth of the river Tweed.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wales   (8233 words)

  
 RIVER FLOODS ACROSS WALES OF 1998
However in Wales, with the exception of the Rivers Wye and Severn, long records (in excess of 50 years) of annual maxima river flows are limited and, in the case of small catchments, non-existent.
River flows in the Neath itself are estimated to have a return period of between 10 and 40 years.
Other flooding on main river occurred at Presteigne and Kington where 15 properties were flooded from the river Lugg and a further 24 at Pembridge, Kington and Eardisland when the Arrow overtopped the natural channel.
www.cig.ensmp.fr /~hubert/ABER/marsden.htm   (3088 words)

  
 GENUKI: Glamorganshire by Samuel Lewis 1833
The principal fisheries are those of salmon and sewin,which latter fish is found only in those rivers of the county flowing from the north or east to the south or west; and among these the Ogmore is the most celebrated for the abundance and fine flavour of its fish of both these species.
The principal rivers are the Taf, the Tawe or Tawy, the Nedd or Neath, the Llychwyr or Loughor, and the Rhymni or Romney : the banks of these, and of the numerous smaller streams of the mountains, are in most places distinguished for the picturesque grandeur or rich beauty of their scenery.
Here also it crosses the river Taf by a handsome stone aqueduct, and is received into a spacious basin, surrounded by commodious wharfs, where the canal company's business is transacted, and their principal agent resides.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/wal/GLA/Lewis1833Gla.html   (7101 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
River corridor surveys and mitigation (see otter and dipper SAPs) are increasingly required by the LA Planning Department for developments which affect rivers and streams.
In Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, the Glamorgan Canal ran the length of the River Taff and the Aberdare Canal shadowed the Afon Cynon.
The river Ely in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan is notified as an SSSI for its Monkshood.
www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk /glyncornel/lbap/docs/lbap_pt3.doc   (15628 words)

  
 River Taff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The River Taff should not be confused with the River Taf.
At Abercynon, it is joined by the Cynon river, and at Pontypridd it is joined by the Rhondda river.
In Cardiff, the river runs through Bute Park and next to the former Cardiff Arms Park, now the Millennium Stadium, and into Cardiff Bay, an artificial lake created by the construction of a barrage across the mouth of the river.
www.tocatch.info /en/River_Taff.htm   (222 words)

  
 UK Rivers Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
We are keen that the work to link up river groups should continue "under new management", so if you're interested in taking over where we left off or starting a new venture with a similar mission, please send a fax to UK number 07092-335227.
98% of rivers now have fish: A new report from the Environment Agency says "thriving and diverse coarse fish populations are now present in more rivers than at any time in the past century, including their restoration to many previously polluted and completely fishless rivers".
USA: White River: 1000 pitch in for river cleanup: People are at it worldwide, all the time -- proving they care enough about rivers to spend their time heaving out tons of rubbish.
www.incywincy.com /default?catid=297385&cached=www.ukrivers.net   (2259 words)

  
 References from "Chironomids - from genes to ecosystems"
Hauer, F.R. and Benke, A.C. (1991) Rapid growth of snag-dwelling chironomids in a flwater river: the influence of temperature and discharge.
Learner, M.A., Wiles, P.R. and Pickering, J.G. (1989) The influence of aquatic macrophyte identity on the composition of the chironomid fauna in a former gravel pit in Berkshire, England.
Williams, C.J. (1989) Downstream drift of the larvae of Chironomidae (Diptera) in the River Chew, SW England.
insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /~ethanbr/chiro/genecore.html   (14512 words)

  
 Search Results for "Rhondda"
Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales, on tributaries of the Taff River.
He entered his father's coal business in S Wales and eventually developed one of the largest coal combines in Britain....
Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales, on the Taff River.
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Rhondda   (200 words)

  
 Wales Tourist Board Walking Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The eastern limit of the Valleys, the town of Pontypool on the River Lwyd was a tinplate-making centre.
The River Cynon runs through Aberdare to flow into the Taff at Abercynon, a typical Valleys town with streets as steep as a ski ramp.
Coity Castle is a stronghold of the Ogwr, built by one of the first Norman knights to settle in the area, while in the quiet Garw, Bryngarw Country Park has lakes, formal gardens and woods.
www.walking.visitwales.com /38414/08.AA.AA.html   (648 words)

  
 Pwll Waun Cynon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Pwll Waun Cynon was generously given to the Trust by Lord Aberdare in November 1986.
The reserve is situated between the A4059 Aberdare to Mountain Ash road and the A224 Aberaman to Mountain Ash road, south of the River Cynon, and is bisected by a railway line.
Access can be obtained from a public footpath which crosses the reserve from the A4059 opposite the school to the A4224.
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /wtsww/pwllwauncynon.htm   (189 words)

  
 Wales on the Web Aberdare- A Movie Of The Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Wales on the Web Aberdare - wales flash movie Aberdare in the wide Cynon Valley 23 miles North of Cardiff, prospered firstly from iron making, then from rich steam coal deposits for which it became a major world supplier.
The village developed around St John's medieval church on the Cynon Rivers right bank, and changed little until the C19th.
St John's possesses the C18th grave of David Watkins, a Quaker who was buried "perpendicularly".St Elvan's Church, with its tall spire, was a Victorian chapel-of-ease for St John's.
www.worldwidewales.tv /html/movie-31.php   (447 words)

  
 Charity Golf Tournament - AberdareOnline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
We would encourage all keen golfers to enter — there are prizes for first, second and third as well as for the longest drive and ‘nearest the pin’.
“Rhondda Cynon Taf was voted the ‘Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year’ in 2003 by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, and with the number of people taking up the sport in the area I am sure that it wont remain undiscovered for much longer.”
Entry forms are available from the Marketing and Events team at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council by calling 01443 424123, the closing date for applications is April 15th.
www.aberdareonline.co.uk /content/public/news?ID=2687   (214 words)

  
 About the Cynon Valley Page 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On the verge of closure it was bought by its own workers and is thriving: it is the stuff of stories.
Much of the industrial history of Cynon is still visible in the landscape.
There are grassed-over tips, outcropping coal seams, the twisted remains of rusted rails and, half buried in a stream, a buckled dram.
www.cynonvalley.co.uk /about6.htm   (244 words)

  
 A470 - Rhan 3
Follow the A470 along the banks of the River Wye or turn left and follow the A44 to the town of Llandrindod - with its Victorian buildings and wells - and onward on the A483 to join the A470 at the roundabout outside the Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd.
Here the river turns back north-east for Hay on Wye - the town known for its bookshops and literature festival - before crossing the border into England.
This is where the River Rhondda meets the Taff and in Ynys Angharad Park lies the memorial to Evan and James James, the father and son who composed "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau".
www.acen.co.uk /cylchgrawn/erthyglau/a470(3)_translation.shtml   (921 words)

  
 Furnaces Aberdare at Local.co.uk
The Book of South Wales, the Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire and the Wye By Charles Frederick Cliffe, published in 1847 These selected extracts from this book were contributed by Josephine Jeremiah (May 2004) Original spellings are used.
This Book "Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals" by Joseph Priestley was previously published in April 1831.
The Sirhowy Valley lies north of Risca and south of Tredegar in South Wales, along the River Sirhowy.
www.local.co.uk /Aberdare/Furnaces   (553 words)

  
 MAP - ABERDARE, GLA, WALES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Topographical map of part of the Cynon & Rhondda Valleys, two of the many narrow, steep sided valleys in the south Wales coalfields.
William Griffiths (Sr) and Mary lived here around 1885 and several of their children were born here.
The administration center for the Cynon Valley Borough Council.
www.griffco.ca /interest/maps/aberfram.htm   (249 words)

  
 Glamorgan snippets [1]
This river was the border between the old counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.
RHYMNI is one of the family of rivers that take their name from the action of boring or cutting through the land.
Hirwaun is a bit of a genealogical nightmare in the 19th C as the village was split in half along the river Cynon by the county boundaries of Breconshire and Glamorganshire.
home.clara.net /tirbach/HelpPagepearlsGLA.html   (7026 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Rivers of the United Kingdom Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The list of Rivers of the United Kingdom is a link page for the rivers of the United Kingdom River Pool River Quaggy River Mole River Wey River Kennet River Churn River Cole River Windrush River Cherw...
Rivers of the United Kingdom Article - ipedia.com
The list of Rivers of the United Kingdom is a link page for the rivers of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Land's End.
www.ipedia.com /rivers_of_the_united_kingdom.html   (226 words)

  
 Rhondda Cynon Taf Community Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To improve and sustain the environment along the river corridor Tylorstown and Pontygwaith by involving all local people in environmental issues.
Providing opportunities for environmental training and eductaion, planting schemes, clearing litter, deterring environmental damage, improving access to the countryside and developing community based activities.
Disabled access to river walk, car parking available, further improved access proposals are being planned.
www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk /cid/fulldetails.asp?RecordNo=1333   (104 words)

  
 aberdare
We stock with our own farmed rainbows, sized from 10 inches to 7lbs, and last year up to 3,500 fish were released into our waters, this year we hope to increase the stocking to the 4,500 mark.
Coming from a part of Ireland where all the rivers were crystal clear he was appalled when he arrived in Aberdare and saw the dirty and wantonly polluted River Cynon.
The years went by and as soon as he saw the slightest glint of an opportunity of being able to do something about it he set forth undaunted on his quest for a clean River Cynon.
www.anglerstimes.co.uk /aberdare.htm   (584 words)

  
 Search Results for Rhondda - Encyclopædia Britannica
It encompasses the northwest-southeast-trending upper valleys of the Rivers Ely, Rhondda, Taff, and Cynon and the wooded hills between them.
industrial town, Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Rhondda and Taff.
locality, Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales, at the northwestern end of the Cynon valley.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Rhondda&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (317 words)

  
 Chapter 12*: AESTHETIC ASPECTS
Surveys can be focused on the beaches, seas or rivers where beach debris is used as an indicator of oceanic, riverine, estuarine or lake conditions.
For rivers and beaches, a series of continuous quadrats can be laid starting at the water's edge and finishing at the natural limit of the bank or beach (sites chosen with predominantly natural characteristics).
Surveyors are also asked to record potential threats to the area, to investigate the aesthetic quality of inflows (streams and rivers) and to record other information regarding management aspects of the coastal unit.
www.who.int /docstore/water_sanitation_health/bathwater/ch15.htm   (9308 words)

  
 UK Rivers Network: 2001 news archive
10 October 2001: River Nore polluted by dumpers: The Nore in Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, is being ruined by illegal dumping.
Check out the BBC News summary of the UK's worst rivers, the same story from The Independent, and WWF's press release Europe's rivers ready for revival.
8 March 2001: Atlantic salmon could disappear from Northern Ireland's rivers: Fishing and pollution are taking their toll on the salmon, says a major report into the state of the province's fisheries.
www.ukrivers.net /2001news.html   (8080 words)

  
 Aberdare 1891
Merthyr Parish boundary along that boundary to a point opposite Pont Cynon Farm thence on a line to that Farm thence along the River Cynon to a point opposite Ynysyboeth Uchaf thence in a line to Gilfach Rhyd Farm thence in a line back to starting point.
The whole of the above in Parliamentary Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, except Forest Uchaf, Cwm Cynon, Maerdy Bach and Lletty Turner Farms.
That part of the Parish of Aberdare comprising so much of the Board of Health District of Mountain Ash as lies to the West side of the River Cynon and is within the boundary of Aberdare.
www.rootsweb.com /~wlsglfhs/aberdare91.htm   (2543 words)

  
 Valley Lines services in the Treherbert (Rhondda), Aberdare and Merthyr Valleys, along the Taff Vale corridor and in ...
In the forecourt of the block of maisonettes across the river from the station, a concrete capstone marks the shaft of one of the later pits on the site.
Though, with varying degrees of ease, there is access to the open mountain moorland from all of the stations along the route, Treherbert is the start of spectacular walks to waterfalls at the head of the valley.
The city stands at the mouth of the River Taff (part of which was diverted in the mid-nineteenth century to clear a site for the what is now Cardiff Central station).
users.aol.com /WalesRails/crcva.htm   (6923 words)

  
 Salon Wanderlust | Florence
It happens when I cross the low hills of the Herefordshire border, and find before me a sheltered green bowl of meadowland, perfectly proportioned around the little river Cynon.
It is not that I wilfully ignore its suburbs; it is that in my mind's eye, it has no suburbs, has no ring roads or railway sidings or supermarkets, but is simply a shapely medieval cluster of buildings glorious with art and history beside its river.
Generations of artists have painted it from the high ground around and given the impression that it is a small, idyllic settlement clustered around the covered Ponte Vecchio, surveyed by the grand dome and campanile of the Cathedral, and by the castellated tower of the Palazzo Vecchio.
www.salon.com /wlust/feature/1997/10/21florence.html   (1541 words)

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