Dee (Wales)

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Dee
The Dee at Llangollen

The Dee at Llangollen

Data
location WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales , EnglandEnglandEngland 
source on the eastern slope of the Dduallt
52 ° 49 ′ 54 ″  N , 3 ° 45 ′ 45 ″  W
Source height approx.  450  m
mouth Northwest Chester in the Irish Sea Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 17 "  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 57"  W 53 ° 20 ′ 17 "  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 57"  W.
Mouth height m
Height difference approx. 450 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.1 ‰
length 110 km
Catchment area 1,816.8 km²
Drain MQ
29.71 m³ / s

The Dee , in Welsh Afon Dyfrdwy , is an approximately 110 km long river in northern Wales that flows into the Irish Sea .

The Dee rises in County Gwynedd on the slopes of Dduallt in Snowdonia and flows a short way to Lake Bala . From there, the course of the river turns northeast to the village of Corwen and then eastwards past Llangollen . In the valley of Llangollen the Dee flows under the Pontcysyllte aqueduct built by Thomas Telford in 1805 for the Llangollen Canal .

After the Dee leaves the Welsh mountain region, it winds northwards through the Cheshire Plain towards Chester ; beyond Chester the course of the river was channeled. The mouth of the Dee is a 19 km long and 8 km wide estuary , very shallow, with sandbanks and marshes ; the main town at the estuary is Flint .

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Individual evidence

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