Wear
| Wear | ||
 The Wear below Durham Castle |
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| location | County Durham , England | |
| River system | Wear | |
| River basin district | Northumbria | |
| origin | The confluence of Burnhope Burn and Killhope Burn at Wearhead ( Stanhope Parish ) 54 ° 45 ′ 1 ″ N , 2 ° 13 ′ 22 ″ W |
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| muzzle | at Sunderland in the North Sea Coordinates: 54 ° 54 '58 " N , 1 ° 21' 28" W 54 ° 54 '58 " N , 1 ° 21' 28" W
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The Wear is a river in north east England . It rises near Wearhead in the community of Stanhope in the Pennines in County Durham , flows further east through a valley called Wearedale through the city of Durham and flows into the North Sea after 107 km at Sunderland .