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 River Dee, Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in Snowdonia, Wales and discharges to the sea a few miles west of Liverpool.
The river is crossed by a ferry from Boughton to the meadows, and at the Groves, a Victorian riverside recreation area with a bandstand, benches and boat cruises, by two bridges.
Below the Old Dee Bridge, the river has a weir, which was built by Hugh Lupus to supply power to his corn mills with the help of a small generator building which is still visible today.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Dee%2C_Wales   (1146 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: River Dee, Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Loggerheads is a village in Denbighshire, Wales on the River Alyn, a tributary of the River Dee.
Farndon is a village in the county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Dee, south of Chester, and close to the border with Wales.
Holywell (Welsh: Treffynnon) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, lying south of the estuary of the River Dee.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/River-Dee,-Wales   (2668 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Wales
Wales, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, united politically, legally, and administratively with England and occupying a broad peninsula on the western side of the island of Great Britain.
Wales is bounded on the north by the Irish Sea; on the east by the English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Hereford and Worcester, and Gloucester; on the south by Bristol Channel; and on the west by Saint George’s Channel and Cardigan Bay.
The Dee River, which rises in Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales, and flows through northern Wales and England, is the principal river.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558653/Wales.html   (414 words)

  
 River Dee, Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The River Dee has its source on the slopes of above in the mountains of Snowdonia in Merioneth, Gwynedd, Wales, and then passes through Bala Lake.
The path of the river trends generally east-south-east as it descends off the Ordovician, over the man-made Horseshoe Falls and through Llangollen, generally skirting the outcropping Karstic limestone exposures north of Llangollen.
At Chester the river passes under the A55 dual carriageway and around the Earl's Eye meadows, a protected green space in between the Boughton and Handbridge suburbs of the city.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/River_Dee,_Wales   (1123 words)

  
 Wales Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain, and is bordered by England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, St George's Channel in the west, and the Irish Sea to the north.
Wales was legally annexed by the Act of Union 1536, in the reign of Henry VIII of England.
Wales has been a principality since the 13th century, initially under the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great, and later under his grandson, Llywelyn the Last, who took the title Prince of Wales around 1258, and was recognised by the English Crown in 1277 by the Treaty of Aberconwy.
www.echostatic.com /Wales.html   (1697 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Dee, river, Wales (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dee, river, Wales, British And Irish Physical Geography
Dee, Welsh Dyfrdwy, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Cambrian Mts., Gwynedd, NW Wales, and flowing NE through Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), then meandering through a picturesque course NE, N, and NW along the border with England and past Chester to the Irish Sea.
Thomas Telford's aqueduct crosses the Dee near Trevor.
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 River Dee, Wales - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The River Dee is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in the hills above Llanuwchilyn in Merioneth (Gwynedd) Wales, then passes through Bala Lake, over the man-made Horseshoe Falls and through Llangollen.
Below the Old Dee Bridge, the river has a weir, which is now enjoyed by canoe enthusiasts but was built by Hugh Lupus to supply power to his corn mills with the help of a small generator building which is still visible today.
A little further along the river stands the Grosvenor Bridge, which was opened in 1833 to ease congestion on the Old Dee Bridge.
en.freepedia.org /River_Dee%2C_Wales.html   (477 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wales
The name Wales has been given to this country not by its inhabitants but by the Teutonic occupiers of England, and means "the territory of the alien race".
One opinion is that Wales consists of twelve particular counties, and that its eastern boundary is identical with that of the eastern-most of those twelve counties.
The bards' favourite subjects were the Blessed Virgin, the national saints, the rosary, the roods (calvaries) in the churches, the Mass, the abbeys, and the shrines of the city of Rome.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15532a.htm   (5393 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dee (river Wales and England)
Dee (river, Wales and England), river, northern Wales and western England, 110 km (70 mi) long.
Shropshire, county, western England, on the border of Wales; Shrewsbury is the administrative center.
Chester (England) (ancient Deva or Castra Devana), city, administrative center of Cheshire, western England, on the Dee River.
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 The River Dee, Chester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
All natural rivers, lakes or other bodies of water were held in reverence by the early inhabitants and considered to be the dwelling places of divine beings, and the majority of British rivers still retain their ancient names.
There is an old legend which says that the waters of the River Dee do not mingle with the waters of Bala Lake but pass straight through, emerging undiluted for their final journey down to the sea.
There are no locks on the River Dee but, of course, there are numerous ones on the Shropshire Union Canal and its feeder canal.
www.bwpics.co.uk /river2.html   (3117 words)

  
 Llangollen, North Wales - tourist guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The river Dee threads its way through the Vale of Llangollen giving some of the most spectacular scenery in Wales.
This stretch of the Dee is noted for its salmon, trout and grayling fishing.
A mile to the north east of the town is Castell Dinas Bran a castle that was welsh rather than Norman.
www.wales-calling.com /guide/llangollan.htm   (662 words)

  
 River Dee, Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The River Dee is a 70 mile (110 km) river which rises in the hills above Llanuwchilyn in Merioneth (Gwynedd) Wales then passes through Bala Lake over the man-made Horseshoe Falls and through Llangollen.
River is crossed by a ferry from to the meadows and at the Groves Victorian riverside recreation area with a bandstand and boat cruises by two bridges.
This used to be site of Chester’s harbour until aided by building of the weir the River Dee up to become the size it is The only curiously remaining reminder of this maritime past is a stone cross which in the middle of the Roodee which the marks of water ripples.
www.freeglossary.com /River_Dee,_Wales   (639 words)

  
 Search Results for "Wales"
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7,049), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on an inlet of the Milford Haven estuary.
7,379), Monmouthshire, SE Wales, at the junction of the Monnow and Wye rivers.
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 Daniel Chester French Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is situated north of the River Dee, WalesRiver Dee.
It was also not the silting of the River Dee that created the land which is now Chester's racecourse (known as the Roodee), on which a stone cross, once used as a water level marker, still stands, since the Roodee was in existence as early as the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Dee 106.3 is the city's own radio station, with WrexhamWrexham's MFM 103.4 also broadcasting locally.
www.echostatic.com /Daniel_Chester_French.html   (1391 words)

  
 "The history never written: bards, druids, and the problem of antiquarianism in 'Poly Olbion.' by John E. Curran Jr.
Each one of these defenses is placed near the end of a long speech by a river: the river Dee and the river Wye both conclude their orations with apologies for Geoffrey of Monmouth (10.219-307; 6.275-340).
Dee opens his defense by replying to the objection that the Roman histories are silent on the Trojan stock of Britain.
Dee counters that this is because the druids "To letters never would their mysteries commit" (267).
members.tripod.com /mvilliers/curran.htm   (9021 words)

  
 Canoe Wales - Canw Cymru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
From the beautiful village of Llandrillo (on the B4401), turn off upstream just west of the river and continue for about three kilometres to where access can be made at the little Pennant bridge GR027342.
The river is a beautiful Grade II as it hurries down to reach the Dee.
From here to the Dee the river should be flat, but I haven't done this last section.
www.canoewales.com /bala_llangollen/ceidiog.htm   (219 words)

  
 News Wales > Environment > Dee pollution investigation continues
Investigators are still examining a serious pollution incident affecting the River Dee at Cefn Mawr, near Wrexham.
The results of these initial samples indicate that the level of pollution in the river is not as significant as was originally feared, although monitoring continues and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Agency staff have observed a number of healthy fish immediately downstream of the confluence of the Dee with the Trefnant Brook.The environmental impact of the incident is still currently being assessed.
www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Environment&F=1&id=5994   (233 words)

  
 Wales on the Web Llangollen Railway — A Movie following the Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Wales on the Web A flash movie about the Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire North Wales, including Llangollen, Steam Trains, Rubon, Barmouth, Foxcote Manor, GWR 4-6-0, River Dee, Vale Of Llangollen, Standard Gauge Railway and more, part of the largest collection of movies on any culture anywhere on the Web.
Wales on the Web Llangollen Railway - wales flash movie Llangollen’s first standard gauge railway arrived in 1862 as part of the Ruabon to Barmouth Line completed some years later.
The River Dee, renowned both for its salmon and canoeing is crossed as the line begins to climb towards Berwyn Station, some 1 ½ miles distant.
www.worldwidewales.tv /html/movie-151.php   (500 words)

  
 Welsh Demographics
Wales, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, occupying a broad peninsula on the western side of the island of Great Britain.
According to preliminary 1991 census data, the population of Wales was 2,798,200.
The major cities of Wales are Cardiff (population, 1991 preliminary, 272,600), the capital, principal seaport, and shipbuilding center; Swansea (182,100), a seaport and center of the tin-plate industry; Newport (129,900), an industrial center; and Rhondda (76,300), a center of the Welsh coal-mining region.
www.welshdragon.net /resources/Articles/demographics.shtml   (2123 words)

  
 Articles - Tidal bore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A tidal bore (or just bore, or eagre) is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the current.
Qiantang River, China, which has the world's largest bore, up to 9 metres (30 feet) high, travelling at up to 40 km per hour (25 miles an hour).
Petitcodiac River in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, formerly the highest bore in North America, up to 7.5 metres (25 feet) high.
www.gaple.com /articles/Tidal_bore?mySession=7875cd4b2670db5db8f6e78d98fce6d1   (456 words)

  
 GENUKI: The National Gazetteer (1868) - Corwen
It is near the river Dee and the Berwyn mountains."
"DOL-AC-ABERALWEN, a township in the parish of Corwen, in the county of Merioneth, North Wales.
The town is pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Dee, on the great road from London to Holyhead and Dublin, under a rock at the foot of the Berwyn mountains, and in the rich and beautifully diversified vale of Edeyrnion.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/MER/Corwen/Gaz1868.html   (1418 words)

  
 News Wales > Environment > More fish stocked in River Dee
Some 1,000 chub and 800 barbel, all aged about two years, were placed into the river to help replenish stocks hit by the Dee pollution incident last July.
The fish were a welcome donation from the Environment Agency's Calverton coarse fishery near Nottingham and their age, river conditions the current close season will all aid their chances of survival and reproduction in the future.
The Agency has now stocked more than 50,000 fish in the River Dee since the devastating pollution incident in which about 100,000 fish died.
www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Environment&id=3086&F=1   (175 words)

  
 BBC News | WALES | River Dee on flood watch
A flood warning has also been issued on the north coast of Wales from the Dee estuary to the east coast of Anglesey due to high winds.
In September 2001, Environment Agency Wales warned that up to 120,000 homes on the Welsh coastline could be at risk of floods if there was a repeat of the previous year's heavy rain.
Wales) Action over urban flooding threat (11 Jan 02
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/wales/1783992.stm   (288 words)

  
 Dee Estuary Conservation Group
PORT OF MOSTYN/AIRBUS UK The Dee Estuary Conservation Group is obviously concerned about the potentially damaging effects of maintenance dredging by the Port of Mostyn.
The reason for writing again is partly in response to an article in a local newspaper, the Chester Standard, dated 15/4/04 which extensively quoted yourself and was titled “Dee Estuary dredging ‘could still go ahead’”.
Though the article states that an extensive consultation process is still in place there is nevertheless an implication in the title that IROPI would be invoked.
www.deeestuary.co.uk /decgab3.htm   (260 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The next day as we blearily look at the river, the river is not only in the trees but there are trees in the river, none of us look in a fit state to paddle grade 1 leave alone rivers in flood so its pronounced a non-paddling day.
Ecuador Rio Napo: Scenic river flowing from a volcano backdrop into the jungle where you are always guaranteed a welcome from the children of the local villages.
The normal 3 River Dart trips to Devon are scheduled, with 2 having upper Dart tickets on the Sunday, Scotland is scheduled for October and there are plans for a Mid Wales and Lake District trip in the New Year.
www31.brinkster.com /regentscanoe/inc/NewsletterSept04.doc   (3429 words)

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