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	BBC News \| UK \| UK river quality survey
		The River Severn is Britain's longest river, rising in mid Wales and flowing for 220 miles to the Bristol Channel.
		The Trent is the third longest river in England and one of the main providers of water for the cities near its banks.
		Among the rare plants in the washes are whorled water-milfoil, greater water parsnip, river water-dropwort, fringed water-lily, long-stalked pondweed, hair-like pondweed, grass-wrack pondweed, tasteless water-pepper and marsh dock.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1287405.stm (1588 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cumbria is a administrative county located in the northwest area of England.
		Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy areas of Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland.
		Cumbria was created in 1974, and covers the traditional counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, plus the Furness part of Lancashire, and a protrusion of Yorkshire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cumbria (3135 words)

	River Derwent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		River Derwent, Derbyshire; see also Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire, also Upper Derwent Valley.
		River Derwent, North East England on the border between County Durham and Northumberland; see also: Derwent Reservoir, North East England.
		The Derwent River, Tasmania was named after one of the River Derwents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Derwent (175 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Woon-Wq) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Wootton is a village on the River Glyme in Oxfordshire, England.
		Wootton Rivers is a village in Wiltshire, England.
		Wootton Wawen is a village on the River Alne in Warwickshire, England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GYF.HTM (929 words)

	British Rivers Including Pictures
		The river is spanned by 20 road and nine rail bridges between Hampton Court and the Tower of London.
		River of northeast England formed by the union of the North Tyne (rising in the Cheviot Hills) and South Tyne (rising near Cross Fell in Cumbria) near Hexham, Northumberland, and reaching the North Sea at Tynemouth ; length 72 km / 45 miles.
		The principal tributary of the Tyne is the River Derwent, and the chief towns and cities along its course are Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Jarrow, and South Shields.
	www.montegodata.co.uk /Educate/rivers.htm (3850 words)

	Lakes
		Lakes are common in formerly glaciated regions, along the courses of slow rivers, and in low land near the sea.
		Derwent Water was part of the area forming the core of the National Trust when it was founded.
		Wholly in Cumbria since 1974, Windermere was formerly in Westmorland, with its southeastern shore and western shores in Lancashire.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/lakes.htm (1892 words)

	Derwent Water - Encyclopedia.com
		Derwent Water lake, 3 mi (4.8 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Cumbria, NW England, formed by a widening of the River Derwent.
		The River Derwent flows NW through the Lake District to Solway Firth.
		Delights of the Derwent: the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania will host the inaugural Sailing South Race Week on the River Derwent and off the south-east coast of Tasmania in January 2002.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-DerwentW.html (325 words)

	Derwent Reservoir walks - Howden Reservoir walk - The Dambusters Dam walk - walks in Yorkshire
		A circuit of the Upper Derwent valley and its reservoirs makes one of the finest low routes in the Peak, but for many it is too long and involves some road waking.
		This 17th-century bridge once spanned the river further south at Derwent village, but the construction of the Ladybower dam, which began in 1935, meant that the whole area would be submerged beneath the waters of the Derwent.
		Nearly two miles later it reaches the Derwent Dam, where there is a memorial to 617 Squadron the Dambusters, who buzzed this place on low-level practices for their May 1943 raid on Moehne and Eder Dams in Germany.
	www.dalesman.co.uk /walks/derwent.htm (803 words)

	Northwest England
		RIVER EAMONT (Ullswater to Brougham Castle) - draining Ullswater in the Lake District.
		RIVER DANE (Gradbach to Rushton Spencer) - spate Peak District ditch.
		RIVER IRWELL (Rawtenstall to the Burrs) - the raging river of Bury!
	www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk /nwengland.htm (884 words)

	Empty Roads Enjoy the View Car-Free in the UK - Derwent Water, Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Derwent Water is easily reached by public transport.
		Derwent Water has five islands within it, the three largest of which are Lord's, Vicar's and St Herbert's Islands.
		Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, one of the founding members of the National Trust, had a memorial to Ruskin erected at Friar's Crag, at the heads of the lake, as this was one of the first places visited by Ruskin when he came to the Lake District as a child.
	www.emptyroads.com /destinations/the_lake_district/derwent_water.html (485 words)

	Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Severn is connected with the rivers Trent and Mersey via the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, and with the canal network around Birmingham via the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which joins the Severn at Worcester.
		The longest river in England, it rises in the Cotswold Hills above Cirencester and is tidal as far as Teddington.
		It is connected with other rivers and with the Birmingham and Lancashire districts by the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Grand Union Canal.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/rivers.htm (3832 words)

	Environment Agency - Derwent, W Cumbria & Duddon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Derwent, West Cumbria and Duddon CAMS includes rivers rising in the Lake District fells and flowing to the Cumbrian coast, from the Solway Firth to the Duddon Estuary.
		The River Derwent flows through Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite to the coast at Workington and is joined along the way by the rivers Greta, Cocker and Marron.The River Ehen flows from Ennerdale, and the River Irt from Wast Water.
		The River Duddon rises in the southern Lake District fells and flows southwards to the sea.
	www.environment-agency.gov.uk /regions/northwest/850243/850886/1319267/314710/?version=1&lang=_e (585 words)

	Wordsworth Country - Images of Derwent Water, The Lake District, Cumbria.
		Derwent Water.Laying in the beautiful Borrowdale Valley, and close to the tourist friendly town of Keswick, Derwent Water is one of the regions shallowest lakes.
		This is a large mass of tangled vegetation, which, when not laying on the lake bottom, is forced to the surface by expanding gases trapped beneath.
		In earlier times, Derwent Water, was known as “lake of the river with many oak trees”.
	www.wordsworthcountry.com /lakes/derwentwater.htm (375 words)

	River Eden - Special Area of Conservation - SAC
		Ullswater, in the catchment of the River Eden, is the second-largest of the Cumbrian lakes.
		The Eden is a river with high water quality that supports a large population of white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in the northern part of its range in England.
		The high ecological value of the river system and the fact that the salmon are able to use most of the catchment (even above Ullswater, a large natural lake on the main river), mean that the Eden is able to maintain a large population of salmon.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /ProtectedSites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0012643 (997 words)

	Vortimer, by Frank D. Reno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Furthermore, there are three other possible sites: one is the River Derwent in Yorkshire and the accompanying villages of Derwent Fells and Derwentwater, a second is the River Darent in Kent which gave rise to the town Darenth on its bank, and the third is a the River Dart in Devonshire.
		One example is the River Derwent in Derbyshire, which meanders southeasterly from its origin in the Howden Moor for about fifty miles before it joins with the River Trent.
		It extended from the River Ribble to at least Ripon and Ripley in the north, bounded roughly by Offa's Dyke to the west, all the Hrype place-names on the east, and two similar place-names in Hants and Surrey to the south.
	www.vortigernstudies.org.uk /artgue/guestfdr2.htm (8775 words)

	Agricultural Land Use and Salmonid Habitat Restoration: The River Calder, Cumbria.
		The River Calder is a small salmonid spate river in Cumbria, North West England.
		In-river cover from boulders and cobble is excellent, with extensive areas of woodland providing overhead cover without the effects of tunnel vegetation.
		Thirty years ago when the river was in a normal flood, the ford at the foot of the Little Calder was impassable for livestock when returning sheep to the fells for at least a day, if not two days after it stopped raining.
	www.cfb.ie /salmonid_workshop/keith_hendry.htm (6283 words)

	Reizen naar Cumbria - Vakantie in Cumbria - Groot Brittannië - www.reiswijs.nl
		Cumbria is een graafschap in het noordwesten van Engeland.
		Cumbria is rijk aan natuurschoon, waarvan het bijzonder mooie Lake istrict [ merengebied ] een belangrijke toeristische trekpleister is.
		Silloth, the popular seaside resort in Cumbria's Western Lakes and Coast, is noted for its invigorating but mild climate; its leisurely peaceful atmosphere and perhaps, most of all, its glorious sea views and sunsets fine enough to be recorded for posterity by Turner, the famous landscape artist.
	www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/europa/grootbrittannie/cumbria/cumbria.html (1395 words)

	Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Records from these areas can be found in the offices of the Cumbria Archive Service at Carlisle, Kendal and Barrow-in-Furness, which provide facilities for the acquisition, administration, preservation, and public use of a wide variety of records.
		With some exceptions, records relating to the north and east of the historic county of Cumberland are in the Carlisle office.
		Records relating to the former county of Westmorland and the Sedbergh district are in Kendal and those relating to Furness are in the Barrow office.
	musgravemanor.homestead.com /Cumbria.html (307 words)

	Lake District Outdoors :: River Derwent
		The River Derwent and its tributaries is one of the finest large river systems in Europe.
		Salmon and sea trout are in decline on the Greta and Derwent as in many other parts of the U.K. The Derwent and Greta rivers and their tributaries are key spawning and nursery areas for these fish and essential to their survival.
		During November and December paddling on the Greta and Middle Derwent is restricted, based on water level: This needs âspate conditionsâ, defined as being indicated by a white painted line as river level marker, situated at Portinscale Foot Bridge on the E foundation under bridge (GR:NY253238).
	www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk /outdooractivities.cfm?id=207 (1227 words)

	River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake - Special Area of Conservation - SAC
		The extensive occurrence of gravels and silts in the middle to lower reaches of this river means that it is able to support a large population of sea lamprey.
		The Derwent represents brook lamprey Lampetra planeri in a high-quality, oligotrophic river in northern England.
		The Derwent represents river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis in an oligotrophic river in northern England.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /protectedsites/sacselection/sac.asp?EUcode=UK0030032 (822 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Europe:United Kingdom:England:Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cumbria is a county in the North West of England, boasting some of the most beautiful scenery in the United Kingdom.
		Cumbria was formed in 1974 from the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.
		Cumbria and the Lake District is also home to England's longest lake, Windermere (17 kilometres in length).
	newhoo.com /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Cumbria/desc.html (4709 words)

	Images Of Cumbria - Bridekirk Parish
		The land at Papcastle, and near the river, is fertile; but a wet soil, rising from clay or limestone prevails in the north side of the parish.
		Papcastle was the seat of Waldeof, first lord of Allerdale, before he built the castle of Cockermouth, which was afterwards his baronial seat, and is said to have derived its name from Gilbert Pipard, who, it is probable, re-built this castle, and called it by his came.
		Derwent Bank, the seat of John Steel, Esq., is a handsome mansion erected in 1846, on an elevation about one mile N. by W. of Cockermouth, overlooking the vale of the river, from which it has its name.
	www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk /cumbria/bridekirk_f.html (2178 words)

	River Derwent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		River Derwent is the name of several (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) rivers in (A division of the United Kingdom) England:
		(Click link for more info and facts about River Derwent, Cumbria) River Derwent, Cumbria in the (A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain) Lake District; see also (Click link for more info and facts about Derwent Water) Derwent Water.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Derwent River, Tasmania) Derwent River, Tasmania was named after one of the River Derwents.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/river_derwent.htm (223 words)

	@UK - Accommodation in Cumbria, England, UK
		Cumbria back in business is to re-kindle tourist interest in Cumbria and specifically the Lake District National Park following the disastrous impact of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
		Situated opposite the River Greta and with fine views of the surrounding mountains, Slate Cottage is the ideal base from which to enjoy the unique beauty of the English Lake District.
		The Waverley Hotel in Windermere in the English Lake District, Cumbria, is all you'd expect of a traditional Lakeland hotel a warm welcome hearty Lake District meals prepared daily, cooked and served by the proprietors and a Lakeland stonebuilding.
	www.atuk.co.uk /england/cumbria-accommodation.htm (8278 words)

	Images Of Cumbria - Jollie's Guide, Part 2 Chapter 6
		Isel-hall, on the banks of the Derwent, about six or seven miles south from Brayton, is another old family seat of the Lawsons.
		It stands low, in a very pleasant vale, near the brink of the river, with deep woods climbing up the heights behind, and the verdant hills of Embleton ascending in front, on the opposite side of the water.
		MARYPORT is a neat, modern, well-built sea-port, and situated at the mouth of the river Ellen.
	www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk /cumbria/jollieguide2_6_f.html (1374 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Europe:United Kingdom:England:Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cumbria is a county in the North West of England, boasting some of the most beautiful scenery in the United Kingdom.
		Cumbria was formed in 1974 from the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.
		Cumbria and the Lake District is also home to England's longest lake, Windermere (17 kilometres in length).
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Cumbria/desc.html (4814 words)

	AllRefer.com - Derwent Water (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Derwent Water, lake, 3 mi (4.8 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Cumbria, NW England, formed by a widening of the River Derwent.
		Its islands include Lord's Isle, site of the former mansion of the earls of Derwent; Isle of St. Herbert (a 7th-century hermit); and Floating Island, a mass of vegetation, sometimes inundated.
		The River Derwent flows NW through the Lake District to Solway Firth.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DerwentW.html (216 words)

	The Cumbria Cycle Ring [Cumbria.html]
		The Cumbria Cycle Way opened in 1980 and was then relaunched with a greater degree of publicity in 1990.
		Cumbria County Council produce a detailed leaflet describing the route, but the copy they sent me in 1999 must have been of about 1990 vintage, judging by the B and B prices quoted.
		After crossing the river, the busy A590 was unavoidable for the next three miles into Ulverstone.
	www.freenetpages.co.uk /hp/terrywalls/Cumbria.html (2412 words)

	Empty Roads Enjoy the View Car-Free in the UK - YHA Borrowdale, Cumbria
		An idyllic setting, Borrowdale is surrounded by natural woodland and having the River Derwent flowing through on its way to nearby Derwentwater.
		Two minutes walk along the river path from the hostel is a natural swimming hole, providing wonderful relief on a hot summer’s day.
		YHA Borrowdale is situated near Rosthwaite, overlooking the River Derwent.
	emptyroads.com /hostel_reviews/.../yha_borrowdale,_cumbria.html (417 words)

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