River Dunsop

Coordinates: 53°56′42″N 2°30′57″W / 53.945°N 2.5158°W / 53.945; -2.5158
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River Dunsop near Dunsop Bridge

The River Dunsop is a river in the Forest of Bowland in Northern England. It flows into the River Hodder at Dunsop Bridge.[1]

It begins at the confluence of the Brennand River and Whitendale River, both of which rise high up in the surrounding moorland. It then flows through the steep-sided Dunsop Valley before meeting the Hodder.[1] An aqueduct carrying water to Blackburn runs alongside.

The Dunsop drains a catchment approximately 9 km by 5 km,[2] which comprises the sub-catchment areas of the Brennand and Whitendale, and is classed as a fifth order catchment.[2] The catchment is primarily Millstone Grit, but the tributaries run through older shale and limestone strata[2]

On 8 August 1967 Dunsop Valley entered the

rainfall at 117 mm. The peak flow of the flood was deduced primarily from wrack mark evidence and roughness coefficients.[3]
As of July 2006 this record remains.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dunsop". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^
    JSTOR 23755912
    – via JSTOR.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7277-4736-5
    .

External links

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53°56′42″N 2°30′57″W / 53.945°N 2.5158°W / 53.945; -2.5158


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