River Ebble
River Ebble | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Region | West of England |
District | Wiltshire |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Alvediston, Wiltshire, England |
• coordinates | 51°00′46″N 2°02′20″W / 51.0127°N 2.039°W |
River Avon (Hampshire) | |
• coordinates | 51°02′00″N 1°45′30″W / 51.0334°N 1.7582°W |
The River Ebble is one of the five rivers of the English city of Salisbury. Rising at Alvediston to the west of the city, it joins the River Avon at Bodenham, near Nunton.
Description
The Ebble rises at
The River Chalke is the most significant tributary, rising in Bowerchalke and flowing through the Chalke Valley to join the Ebble at Mount Sorrel in Broad Chalke. The Chalke also provides a steady, year round flow, so that the winterbourne section of the Ebble is only from Alvediston to Knapp.
The flow of the Ebble is augmented at Little London by several pumped boreholes that feed the extensive commercial watercress farm at Knapp before the confluence with the Chalke.
Origin of the name
In the book Ebbesbourne Wake Through The Ages historian Peter Meers surmised that the land and the
Further reading
- Howard Phipps, Ebble Valley (2007. Whittington Press) [limited edition, illus. by author]
References
Sources
External links
Media related to River Ebble at Wikimedia Commons