River Don (Ouse)
| River Don | ||
 River Don northwest of Stainforth, South Yorkshire ( )
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| location | England | |
| River system | Humber | |
| Drain over | Ouse → Humber → North Sea | |
| muzzle | as Dutch River near Goole in the Ouse Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '47 " N , 0 ° 51' 59" W 53 ° 41 '47 " N , 0 ° 51' 59" W
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| length | 112 km | |
The Don (River Don), also known as Dun in some areas , is a river in South Yorkshire , England . It has its source in the hills of the Pennines and flows approximately 112 kilometers eastwards.
He traverses the places:
- Penistones ,
- Sheffield ,
- Rotherham ,
- Mexborough ,
- Conisbrough ,
- Doncaster and
- Stainforth before it flows into the Ouse .
Surname
The name most likely comes from the Celtic deity Danu .
history
Between 1626 and 1635 the course of the river was diverted so that it now flows into the Ouse instead of the Trent . The aim of the project, led by Cornelius Vermuyden , was to reclaim more land than retention area .
Web links
Commons : River Don (Ouse) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sir Alec Skempton: A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 1: 1500 to 1830 . Thomas Telford Publishing, ISBN 0-7277-2939-X .