Truro River
50°15′25″N 5°02′42″W / 50.257°N 5.045°W
The Truro River (
The river valleys form a bowl surrounding the city on the north, east and west and open to the Truro River in the south. The fairly steep-sided bowl in which Truro is located, along with high precipitation swelling the rivers and a
The river is mentioned in the medieval Cornish language play Bewnans Ke (c. 1550), as the place from which the eponymous Saint Kea embarks for Rosené. It uses the river's Cornish name Hildrech, which in modern spelling is Hyldreth.[6]
Malpas Estuary
The river from the city to the village of Malpas, including Lambe Creek and Calenick Creek, form Malpas Estuary SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). It is an important habitat of tidal mudflats, which are feeding grounds for wildfowl and wading birds as well as fish species including European seabass, thicklip grey mullet, European flounder and European eel. There is also a small run of migratory brown trout (Sea Trout, known in Cornwall as Peel) into the River Allen. The banks of the estuary are also noted for their flora.[7]
References
- ^ Akademi Kernewek Place Name Database, accessed 2020-08-15
- ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ a b "Roads closed in torrential rain". BBC News Online. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ Fal and Tresillian; Cornwall Rivers Project
- ISBN 978-1-904808-22-0; p. 3
- ^ Bewnans Ke: The Life of St Kea. Thomas and Williams, University of Exeter Press, 2006
- ^ "Malpas Estuary" (PDF). Natural England. 1992. Retrieved 3 November 2011.