River Looe
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| River Looe East Looe River, West Looe River | |
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| Country | England |
| State | Cornwall |
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Template:River Looe Routemap The River Looe (Template:Langx, meaning deep water inlet)[1] is a river in south-east Cornwall, which flows into the English Channel at Looe.[2] It has two main branches, the East Looe River and the West Looe River. The eastern branch has its source near St Cleer only 0.31 miles (0.5 km) away from the Golitha Falls on the River Fowey, and flows south, passing close to the western outskirts of Liskeard. The western branch has its source near Dobwalls.[2]
Route
South of Liskeard, the Looe Valley Line railway follows the course of the East Looe River to Looe. The railway is so close to the river that flooding is a common occurrence.[3]
The lowest stretch of the rivers combine to form the tidal harbour and estuary of Looe. The combined length of the two rivers (including the tidal confluence) is 30.48 miles (49.05 km).[4][5][6]
The river is tidal to Watergate on the West Looe and Sandplace on the East Looe. After Sandplace, the river was connected to the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal so that minerals and stone could be transported from the workings and quarries above Liskeard to the harbour at Looe.[7] The tidal estuarine section is an example of a ria (a drowned river valley) and at low tide, the rivers almost dry up to a very small natural level.[8]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 304. OCLC 400936.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."201" (Map). Plymouth & Launceston (D1 ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319231463.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Seaton, Looe & Fowey Catchment Management Plan" (PDF). environmentdata.org. 4.8.2 Local Perspective: National Rivers Authority. December 1994. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."West Looe River". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Looe". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."East Looe River". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daniel, John (1854). "Hundred of West". A geography of Cornwall, historical ecclesiastical, civil, natural, and parochial. London: Longman & Co. p. 124. OCLC 58545739.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."River Estuary - Looe Estuary". looemarineconservation.org. Looe Marine Conservation Group. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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