Like many Devon rivers, the Teign rises on Dartmoor, near Cranmere Pool. Its course on the moor is crossed by several clapper bridges. It leaves the moor at its northern side, flowing beneath Castle Drogo in a steep-sided valley. It then flows southwards at the east edge of the moor. The river becomes tidal at Newton Abbot, and reaches the English Channel at Teignmouth. Its estuary is a large ria.
The RiverTeign (IPA: [tiːn]) is a river in the county of Devon, England.
The river becomes tidal at Newton Abbot, and reaches the English Channel at Teignmouth.
The river lends its name to several places on the map in its thirty miles to the English Channel: Teigncombe, Drewsteignton, Teigngrace, Kingsteignton, Bishopsteignton, and finally Teignmouth.
The RiverTeign arises on Dartmoor at a height of 520m AOD and flows in a southeasterly direction towards the TeignEstuary and the sea.
The principal sub-catchments are the Rivers Lemon and Bovey and the Aller Brook.
The RiverTeign flows through a diversity of landscapes and habitats, ranging from open moorland (Dartmoor) to ancient woodland, improved pasture land and broad valleys, before finally meeting its floodplain and the estuary.
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