River Tyne
| River Tyne | |
|---|---|
River Tyne Gateshead Quayside | |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| County |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | South Tyne |
| • location | Alston Moor, Cumbria, England |
| 2nd source | North Tyne |
| • location | Deadwater Fell, Kielder, Northumberland, England |
| Mouth | Tynemouth |
• location | Tynemouth, North Tyneside, England |
• coordinates | 55°0′37″N 1°25′8″W / 55.01028°N 1.41889°W |
| Length | 118 km (73 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 2,933 km2 (1,132 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bywell[2] |
| • average | 44.6 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Derwent, River Team, River Don |
| • right | Ouse Burn |
The River Tyne /ˈtaɪn/ ⓘ is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is 73 miles (118 km).[1] It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.
The Tyne Rivers Trust measure the whole Tyne catchment as 2,936 km2 (1,134 square miles), containing 4,399 km (2,733 miles) of waterways.[3]
- ^ a b Owen, Susan; et al. (2005). Rivers and the British Landscape. Carnegie. ISBN 978-1-85936-120-7.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Rtyne2013was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The River: Fascinating Facts about the River Tyne". Tyne Rivers Trust. Retrieved 19 August 2021.