River Duddon

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Duddon
The River Duddon on the Wrynose Pass

The River Duddon on the Wrynose Pass

Data
location Lake District , Cumbria , England
River system River Duddon
source on the Wrynose Pass
54 ° 24 ′ 59 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W
muzzle north of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 11 ″  N , 3 ° 18 ′ 37 ″  W 54 ° 10 ′ 11 ″  N , 3 ° 18 ′ 37 ″  W

length 15 miles  to Broughton-in-Furness (excluding the estuary )
Left tributaries Tarn Beck
Right tributaries Holehouse Gill

The River Duddon is a river in the Lake District in Cumbria in England .

The Duddon rises on the Wrynose Pass and flows over a distance of 15 miles in a southerly direction through the Duddon Valley to Broughton-in-Furness , where it widens into an estuary ; this flows north of Morecambe Bay into the Irish Sea .

The river is home to salmon and is popular with kayakers with difficulty III and partially IV.

The poet William Wordsworth described the duddon in his poems The River Duddon, A Series of Sonnets , written between 1804 and 1820.

The River Duddon Estuary is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . In the middle and upper area of ​​the estuary, sand dunes have formed above the high water line, which are home to a large number of rare and unusual plants, as well as a number of invertebrates that are rare nationwide. The Estuary is one of the few areas in England where the natterjack toad lives and is home to 18% to 25% of this species in England. The estuary is of national and international importance as the wintering area for many migratory birds.

The Duddon Mosses Site of Special Scientific Interest lies east of the River Duddon and west of the Kirkby Pool before their common mouth.

Web links

Commons : River Duddon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duddon Estuary on SSSI List at Natural England
  2. ↑ Duddon Mosses on SSSI List at Natural England

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