RIVER SEVERN BY CHIKAY SHEEDIAAH AND DILLAN HISTORY

RIVER SEVERN BY CHIKAY, SHEEDIAAH AND DILLAN

HISTORY • STORY OF THE THREE SISTERS (WATER SPIRITS) , WHERE ALL OF THEM BECAME RIVERS AND ONE OF THEM BEING THE SEVERN • THE NAME SEVERN, CAME FROM A MYTHICAL LEGEND OF WHERE THE NYMPH SEVERN, OR HAFREN IN WELSH, HAD DROWNED IN THIS RIVER. • IN EARLY TIMES, THE RIVER HAS SERVED AS A BOUNDARY, THIS HAS PLAYED VARIOUS ROLES IN THE WARS, SUCH AS THE INVATION OF THE SAXONS IN BRITAIN AROUND 577.

FAME • FAMOUS FOR ITS TIDAL BORE, ITS BORES ARE SOMETIMES ABOUT A METER AND HALF HIGH • THE RIVER IS THE LONGEST RIVER OF THE UK (350 KM), AND ONLY SECOND LONGEST RIVER OF THE BRITISH ISLES • FAMED FOR THE SEVERN-BREAK-ITS-NECK FALLS, WHICH FROM TIME TO TIME CHANGES LOCATION BY CRUMBLING ITS OWN FALL • FAMED FOR THE IRONBRIDGE, THE VERY FIRST BRIDGE MADE OUT OF CAST IRON, MADE IN 1779 • AROUND THE END OF THE 17 TH CENTURY, THE SEVERN Bore hitting the riverbank in 1994 WAS THE SECOND MOST BUSY RIVER OF EUROPE

CURRENTLY • FLOWS THROUGH THE ANCIENT CITIES OF WORCESTER AND GLOUCESTER • THE CANAL & RIVER TRUST LOOKS AFTER THE RIVER SEVERN FROM STOURPORT TO GLOUCESTER. • ABOVE STOURPORT, IT IS SUITABLE FOR CANOES AND ROWING BOATS. THE SECTION FROM GLOUCESTER TO SHARPNESS IS DANGEROUS FOR BOATS, AND IS BYPASSED BY THE GLOUCESTER & SHARPNESS CANAL.

FACTS • THE RIVER SEVERN IS 350 KM LONG, AND IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND ONLY THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER OF THE BRITISH ISLES. • IT FLOWS THROUGH THE REGION OF POWYS IN WALES, AND THE COUNTIES OF SHROPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND GLOUCESTER IN ENGLAND. • THE SEVERN HAS THE GREATEST WATER FLOW OF ANY RIVER IN ENGLAND OR WALES. • SEVERAL LARGE TOWNS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS ON THE BANKS OF THE SEVERN. THESE INCLUDE: NEWTOWN, WELSHPOOL, SHREWSBURY, IRONBRIDGE, STOURPORT, WORCESTER, TEWKESBURY AND GLOUCESTER. • THE RIVER SEVERN IS BRIDGED IN LOTS OF PLACES. TWO OF THE BRIDGES, THE SEVERN BRIDGE (OPENED IN 1966) AND THE SECOND SEVERN CROSSING (OPENED IN 1996) , LINK WALES AND ENGLAND BY ROAD. • BEFORE THE 16 TH CENTURY, THE BRISTOL CHANNEL WAS KNOWN AS THE SEVERN SEA. • DURING THE END OF 17 TH CENTURY , THE SEVERN WAS THE SECOND BUSIEST RIVER OF EUROPE

DOCUMENTARY • HTTP: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=NNAYE 8 VP 3 AQ - THE RIVER SEVERN FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH The Severn

THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE RIVER SEVERN • AFON CLYWEDOG JOINS THE SEVERN AT LLANIDLOES • RIVER STOUR JOINS THE SEVERN AT STOURPORTON-SEVERN • RIVER CAMLAD JOINS THE SEVERN NEAR CAMLAD • RIVER SALWARPE JOINS THE SEVERN ABOVE WORCESTER • RIVER VYRNWY JOINS THE SEVERN AT MELVERLEY, SHROPSHIRE • RIVER PERRY JOINS THE SEVERN AT MONTFORD BRIDGE • REA BROOK JOINS THE SEVERN AT SHREWSBURY • RIVER TERN JOINS THE SEVERN AT ATTINGHAM PARK • COUND BROOK JOINS THE SEVERN AT EYTON ON SEVERN • SHEINTON BROOK JOINS THE SEVERN AT SHEINTON • RIVER WORFE JOINS THE SEVERN ABOVE BRIDGNORTH • BORLE BROOK JOINS THE SEVERN AT ARLEY • RIVER TEME JOINS THE SEVERN DOWNSTREAM OF WORCESTER • WARWICKSHIRE AVON JOINS THE SEVERN AT TEWKESBURY • RIVER CHELT JOINS THE RIVER SEVERN AT WAINLODE • RIVER LEADON JOINS THE SEVERN AT OVER • RIVER FROME JOINS THE SEVERN AT UPPER FRAMILODE • RIVER WYE JOINS THE SEVERN AT CHEPSTOW • BRISTOL AVON FLOWS INTO THE SEVERN THROUGH THE AVON GORGE • RIVER USK FLOWS INTO THE SEVERN ESTUARY JUST

REFERENCES • LIAM ROGERS, SABRINA AND THE RIVER SEVERN, 1991, FROM: HTTP: //WWW. WHITEDRAGON. ORG. UK/ARTICLES/SABRINA. HTM • BBC, HISTORY OF THE RIVER SEVERN, 2008, FROM: HTTP: //WWW. BBC. CO. UK/SHROPSHIRE/CONTENT/ARTICLES/2008/09/26/RIVER_SEVERN_FEATURE. SHTML • JAMES, THE RIVER SEVERN: FACTS & KEY INFORMATION, 2012, FROM: HTTP: //PRIMARYFACTS. COM/203/THE-RIVERSEVERN-FACTS-AND-KEY-INFORMATION/ • ROWBOTHAM, F. (1983). SEVERN BORE. PP 12 -13, 54. DAVID & CHARLES. • HOPKIN, J. & BROOKER, P, 2001, GEOGRAPHY MATTERS, P 78. OXFORD: HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS. • RIVER SEVERN, 2013, RETRIEVED OCTOBER 4, 2013, FROM HTTP: //CANALRIVERTRUST. ORG. UK/CANALS-ANDRIVERS/RIVER-SEVERN • TRIBUTARIES OF THE SEVERN, 2013, RETRIEVED OCTOBER 4, 2013, FROM HTTP: //RESOURCES. WOODLANDSJUNIOR. KENT. SCH. UK/RIVERSEVERN/TRIBUTARIES. HTML • THE RIVER SEVERN FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH, 2012, FROM HTTP: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=NNAYE 8 VP 3 AQ