River Trent

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River Trent
Location and catchment area of ​​the River Trent

Location and catchment area of ​​the River Trent

Data
location United Kingdom
River system Humber
source at Biddulph Moor
53 ° 6 ′ 58 ″  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 25 ″  W.
Source height 275  m
muzzle Together with the Ouse in the Humber and finally in the North Sea Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 59 ″  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 42 ″  W 53 ° 41 ′ 59 ″  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 42 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 275 m
Bottom slope 0.93 ‰
length 297 km
Catchment area 10,452 km²
Discharge at Colwick
A Eo gauge: 7486 km² 		MQ
Mq
 HHQ (Nov 8, 2000) 		84 m³ / s
11.2 l / (s km²)
 1018 m³ / s
Discharge at North Muskham A Eo gauge : 8231 km²
MQ
Mq
 		88 m³ / s
10.7 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the mouth of the
A Eo : 10,458 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		99 m³ / s
9.5 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Derwent , Dove
Right tributaries Soar , Tame
The Trent in Nottingham

The Trent in Nottingham

Company of Proprietors of the River Trent Navigation share dated February 1, 1859

The River Trent is the third longest river in Great Britain with a length of 297 kilometers . The source is at Biddulph Moor in Staffordshire . The Trent flows through the Midlands and flows together with the Ouse in the open to the North Sea Humber - estuary .

The main tributaries are Derwent , Soar and Tame . The following cities are on the river: Stoke-on-Trent , Burton-upon-Trent , Nottingham and Newark-on-Trent .

See also

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  1. ↑ Environment Agency: River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan , 36 pp., Solihull 2010 (accessed on January 28, 2013, pdf, English) download page
  2. ↑ Center for Ecology & Hydrology: 28009 Trent at Colwick , The National River Flow Archive (in WP: en accessed on March 24, 2013, pdf, English);
    HHQ value: Environment Agency: Hi Flows UK (accessed on November 23, 2013, pdf, English);
    EZG value: FAO, Corporate Document Repository: Inland Fisheries of Europe - United Kingdom , EIFAC Technical Paper (accessed on November 23, 2013, pdf, English)
  3. ↑ value of North Muskham increased by the drainage of the remaining catchment area (2221 km²); due to the comparable terrain climatic situation, this is equated with that of the intermediate catchment area of ​​the Colwick and North Muskham gauges (5.37 l / s.km²)

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