River_Avon,_Bristol
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The River Avon ( AY-vən) is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is loaned from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'. The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South Gloucestershire, before flowing through Wiltshire into Somerset. In its lower re
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| River Avon Bristol Avon | |
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 The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge | |
.png) Course of the Avon | |
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| Etymology | Common Brittonic abona, 'river' |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Counties of England | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol |
| Towns/cities | Chippenham, Melksham, Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bristol |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Didmarton |
| • location | Gloucestershire, England |
| • coordinates | 51°31′49″N 2°16′26″W / 51.53028°N 2.27389°W |
| • elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Mouth | Severn Estuary |
• location | Avonmouth, Bristol, England |
• coordinates | 51°30′22″N 2°43′06″W / 51.50611°N 2.71833°W |
| Length | 134 km (83 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,308 km (891 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bath |
| • average | 21.98 m/s (776 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 2.457567 m/s (86.7882 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 310 m/s (11,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Malago, Brislington Brook, River Chew, Corston Brook, Midford Brook, River Frome, Paxcroft Brook, River Biss, Semington Brook, Cocklemore Brook, River Marden, Brinkworth Brook, Woodbridge Brook, Tetbury Avon |
| • right | River Trym, River Frome (Bristol), Siston Brook, River Boyd, Lam Brook, Bybrook, Gauze Brook |
| River system | River Severn |
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