River Lune (Irish Sea)
| River Lune | ||
 The River Lune in Lonsdale |
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| Data | ||
| Body of water | GB : GB112072071760 , GB : GB112072071720 , GB : GB112072071690 , GB : GB112072066000 , GB : GB112072065980 | |
| location | Cumbria , Lancashire , England | |
| River system | River Lune | |
| River basin district | North West | |
| source | St-Helen's Well at Newbiggin-on-Lune 54 ° 26'30 " N , 2 ° 27'11" W. |
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| Source height | 238 m | |
| muzzle | at Sunderland Point in the Irish Sea Coordinates: 53 ° 59 ′ 5 " N , 2 ° 52 ′ 35" W 53 ° 59 ′ 5 " N , 2 ° 52 ′ 35" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 238 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.8 ‰ | |
| length | 85.6 km | |
| Ports | Lancaster | |
| Navigable | Estuary | |
The River Lune , which flows into the Irish Sea , is almost 86 km in length, the larger of two English rivers with this name. It flows through the counties of Cumbria and Lancashire in the north west of England.
River course
Headwaters
The River Lune rises in Newbiggin-on-Lune (German: "Ursprung am Lune") from the St-Helen's Well and a few smaller springs in the vicinity and initially flows westward. The village belongs to the Civil parish Ravenstonedale . Already on the first 600 m three streams flow from the left, two of which are as short as it, the middle one, called Dry Beck , but 4.9 km long. Two and a half kilometers after the source, the 5.58 km long Weasdale Beck also flows from the left. Only from here and with this is the River Lune statistically recorded as a body of water .
Valleys
The River Lune is known for the scenic beauty of its valleys. In the upper reaches it flows westward through the Lunesdale . At Tebay he picks up Birk Beck coming from the north and continues his direction south. Its valley soon narrows to form the Lune Gorge, which is over eight kilometers long . Below that it is referred to as Lonsdale . Here the River Lune has formed some meanders , of which the Crook of Lune was painted by William Turner .
Newbiggin-on-Lune: between ponds and road of
the River Lune with bridge
Lune Gorge is the main road from England to Scotland
The River Lune at Hornby Castle , 8 miles from Lancaster
muzzle
In the northeastern suburb of Lancaster , artificially limited by the Skelton Weir ( weir = weir ), the tidal area of the River Lune begins, on which the port facilities of the city are also located. In the city of Lancaster, the A6 crosses the river on the Greyhound Bridge and the Lune Millennium Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. There are still 14 kilometers of river to the coastline at Sunderland Point . After another 7 km, the River Lune has also passed the mudflats .
River system
- Order upstream, tributaries indented from tributaries -
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See also
Web links
- Cumbria directory: brief description of Newbeggin-on-Lune (English)
- Glasson Sailing Club Information on navigation and tides in the River Lune
- Glasson Dock Information on the history and facilities of Glasson Dock