River Welland
| River Welland | ||
 The Welland in Stamford (Lincolnshire) |
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| Data | ||
| location | East england | |
| River system | River Welland | |
| Drain over | The Wash → North Sea | |
| River basin district | Anglian | |
| source | Holthorpe Hills, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire 52 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W |
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| Source height | 160 m ASL | |
| muzzle |
The Wash ( North Sea ) coordinates: 52 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ N , 0 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E 52 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ N , 0 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m ASL | |
| Height difference | 160 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.5 ‰ | |
| length | 105 km | |
| Catchment area | 1580 km² | |
| Left tributaries | River Glen | |
| Small towns | Market Harborough , Stamford , Market Deeping , Spalding | |
| Navigable | to Crowland (previously to Stamford) | |
The River Welland is a 105 km long river in eastern England. It rises at Market Harborough in Northamptonshire and flows from there in a northeasterly direction through Stamford , Market Deeping and Spalding into the North Sea , into which it flows below Fosdyke in the bay The Wash . It is one of the major waterways in what is known as South Holland's part of the Fens in Lincolnshire . Below Spalding it depends on the tide.
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