- River Etherow
Infobox River
river_name = River Etherow
caption = The River Etherow inHollingworth
origin =Featherbed Moss
mouth =River Goyt
basin_countries =England
length =
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge =
watershed =The River Etherow is a
river in the north west ofEngland , and atributary of theRiver Mersey .ource
It rises at
Featherbed Moss in theSheffield district ofSouth Yorkshire , then broadens into theLongdendale Chain of reservoirs in thePeak District National Park .Course
It emerges again in
Tintwistle ,Derbyshire , at the foot of Bottoms Reservoirdam , and at Melandra Castle,Gamesley , it is joined by theGlossop Brook (which takes in waters from the Shelf Brook, the HurstBrook and others).It enters the borough of
Tameside atHollingworth in the foothills of thePennines . It passes throughStockport and theEtherow Country Park .Mouth
Finally, it joins the
River Goyt . The River Tame also joins theRiver Goyt , and all three form theRiver Mersey .ee also
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Rivers of the United Kingdom References
External links
* [http://www.ukawmn.ucl.ac.uk/site12/index.htm The United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network Site Number 12]
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