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The Little Ouse is a river in the east of England, a tributary of the River Great Ouse. For much of its length it defines the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. Created by Keith Edkins File links The following pages link to this file: River Little Ouse Categories: GFDL images ... Created by Keith Edkins File links The following pages link to this file: River Little Ouse Categories: GFDL images ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... 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 Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... This article is about the English county. ...

It rises east of Thelnetham, very close to the source of the River Waveney - which flows eastwards while the Little Ouse flows west. The village with the curious name of Blo Norton owes this name to the river - it was earlier known as Norton Bell-'eau, from being situated near this 'fair stream'. The course continues through Rushford, Thetford and Brandon, and it joins the Great Ouse north of Littleport in Cambridgeshire. The total length is about 60 km. The Waveney is a river which forms the border between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park. ... Rushford may refer to: Rushford, New York Rushford, Wisconsin Rushford, Minnesota This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Thetford is a town in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. ... Littleport is a small town in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, north of Ely and north west of Welney. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...

The Environment Agency has designated the section from Brandon to Thetford as a Flood Warning Area. (see also the List of environmental organizations) The Environment Agency (or Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) of England and Wales was created by the Environment Act 1995, along with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. ...

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River Great Ouse

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Administrative areas: Buckinghamshire | Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Norfolk | Flows into: The Wash

Towns (upstream to downstream): Buckingham | Milton Keynes | Newport Pagnell | Olney | Bedford | St Neots
Godmanchester | Huntingdon | St Ives | Ely | Littleport | Downham Market
The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in south central England. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... The Wash is also the name of a 2001 film. ... This article is about the town of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Milton Keynes (pronounced1 mill-tun keens) is a purpose-built, high technology city in the south east of England approximately 50 miles (80km) north of London and mid-way between Oxford and Cambridge. ... Arms of the former Newport Pagnell Rural District Council Newport Pagnell is a town in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Olney is a small town near Milton Keynes, England with a population of around 6,000 people. ... Bedford is the county town of the English county of Bedfordshire. ... St Neots is a town of about 28 000 people on the River Great Ouse, the largest town in Cambridgeshire, England (Cambridge itself is a city). ... Godmanchester is a small town in England, immediately south of the larger town of Huntingdon on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse. ... This article is about the English town of Huntingdon. ... St Ives is a medium-sized market town around 15 miles north-west of Cambridge, in the district of Huntingdonshire, England. ... There are other places also called Ely. ... Littleport is a small town in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, north of Ely and north west of Welney. ... Downham Market, also known simply as Downham, is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 7,500 people. ...

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence): New Bedford River | Old Bedford River | River Wissey | River Little Ouse
River Lark | River Cam | River Kym | Hen Brook | Duloe Brook | Begwary Brook | River Ivel | Gadsey Brook | Ravensden Brook
A confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects (or subjects) that seem to inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a point of junction. ... The New Bedford River, also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a man-made tributary of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... The Old Bedford River is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... The River Wissey is a river in the east of England. ... The River Lark is a river in England. ... The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. ... The River Ivel is a river in the east of England. ...

Major bridges (upstream to downstream): Great Barford Bridge | St Ives Bridge The fifteenth century St Ives Bridge across the fast-flowing River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire is famous for incorporating a chapel. ...

Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Aire 5. Great Ouse 6. Wye 7. Tay 8. Spey 9. Nene 10. Clyde 11. Tweed 12. Eden

Categories: UK geography stubs | Tributaries of the River Great Ouse | Rivers in Norfolk | Rivers in Suffolk This is a list of rivers of Great Britain. ... This article is about the British river. ... Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge entering Oxford: 17. ... The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. ... The River Aire is a river in West Yorkshire, England. ... This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border, for the river in Derbyshire see River Wye, Derbyshire. ... The River Tay, in terms of flow (193 km or 120 miles), is the largest river in Scotland, and drains much of the southern Highlands. ... The River Spey is a river in Scotland that runs 107 miles (172 km) to the Moray Firth at Spey Bay, making it the second longest river in Scotland. ... The River Nene is a river in the east of England. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | Glasgow | Scottish rivers ... The River Tweed at Abbotsford, near Melrose The River Tweed at Coldstream The River Tweed (156 kilometres or 97 miles long) flows primarily through the Borders region of Scotland. ... The River Eden is a river in Cumbria, England that flows through Carlisle on its way into the Solway Firth. ...

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