Cocker (derwent)
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 The River Cocker |
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| location | Cumbria , England | |
| River system | Derwent | |
| Drain over | Derwent → Irish Sea | |
| River basin district | North West | |
| origin | in Crummock Water 54 ° 34 ′ 33 ″ N , 3 ° 18 ′ 53 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in the River Derwent Coordinates: 54 ° 39 '54 " N , 3 ° 21' 57" W 54 ° 39 '54 " N , 3 ° 21' 57" W.
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| Small towns | Cockermouth | |
The Cocker is a river in the Lake District , Cumbria , England . The Cocker arises as an outflow of the Crummock Water at its northern end and flows about 19 km in a northerly direction to its confluence with the River Derwent in Cockermouth .
The name of the river is based on the Brythonic word kukra , which means 'curved' or 'twisted' and aptly describes the course of the river.
Even if the direct source of the Cocker lies in Crummock Water, its indirect sources are the tributaries from the Loweswater and the Scale Beck and Mill Beck as tributaries of the Crummock Water and, via its connection as an outflow of the Buttermere Lake, also its tributaries, the Warnscale Beck and the Gatesgarthdale Beck .
Due to unusually high rainfall in November 2009, both the River Derwent and the Cocker carried a lot of water, which in the case of persistent rainfall led to both rivers overflowing their banks in Cockermouth and downtown Cockermouth up to 2.5 m was high under water.
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- ↑ More than 200 people rescued after flood in Cumbria town in BBC News November 20, 2009