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Encyclopedia > River Eye, England

The River Eye is a river in the United Kingdom, a tributary of the River Welland. It flows through Rutland. The Murray River in Australia. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The River Welland is a river in the east of England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called South Holland for thousands of years. ... This article is about the county in England. ...


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