Trent Falls
Trent Falls | |
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Location in Lincolnshire | |
Coordinates: 53°42′02″N 0°41′28″W / 53.700467°N 0.691109°W | |
Grid position | SE86162310 |
Location | Lincolnshire, England |
Trent Falls is the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Trent which forms the Humber between Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire in England.
Location
The River Ouse flows to the east where it turns into the Humber, and the River Trent flows northwards. It curves to the east near the confluence, although this is largely engineered, rather than natural. A training wall was built on the western bank of the Trent after the
Despite the training wall and a mini-lighthouse called 'Apex Light' which is situated at the end of the wall,[1] navigation at Trent Falls is not simple. There are no real waterfalls, but there is a very rapid race of water at difficult stages of the tide (especially spring tides), and there is a tidal bore on the Trent (the Trent Aegir). Boats coming down one river with an ebbing tide often have to wait several hours (sometimes beached on the sand, and sometimes overnight) until the tide turns and the flood can carry them up the other river.
The
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-00-721114-2.
References
Media related to Trent Falls at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b Nicholson 2006, pp. 164–165
- ^ "About Blacktoft Sands". RSPB. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Julian's Bower". Stone Circles. Retrieved 21 April 2012.