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Parrett | rivier door de graafschappen Dorset en Somerset in het zuidwesten van England. De Parrett onspringt in de heuvels van Chedington en mondt uit in de Bridgwater Bay van het Bristol Channel bij Burnham on Sea. De rivier is van Thorney Mills tot Bridgwater (55 km) bevaarbaar voor vaartuigen tot 16,5 m lengte en 4,27 m breedte. Er bestaan aansluitingen aan het River Isle and Westport Canal, aan het Bridgwater and Taunton Canal en de rivieren Yeo, Tone en Brue. | ![]() |
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Parrett | Fluß durch die Grafschaften Dorset und
Somerset im Südwesten Englands. Der rd. 60 km Lauf, der in den Hügeln
um Chedington in Dorset entspringt, mündet bei Burnham on Sea in
die Brigdwater Bay des Bristol Channel. Der Fluß, der durch drei
Staustufen geregelt ist, ist von Thorney Mills bis zur Bridgwater Bar
der Mündung über 55 km für Fahrzeuge bis 16,5m x 4.27m
schiffbar. Verbindungen bestehen zur Einfahrt in den
River Isle and Westport Canal, zu den Flüssen Yeo
und Tone, zum Bridgwater
and Taunton Canal und zum Fluß Brue.
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River Parrett | river through Dorset and Somerset in the southwest of England. It rises in the hills around Chedington, Dorset, and flows into the Bridgwater Bay of the Bristol Channel. The canalized river with three locks is navigable over 34.3 miles from Thorney Mills down. There are links to the River Isle and Westport Canal, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and the rivers Yeo, Tone, and Brue | ||
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Parrett (rivière) |
lock no |
name | mile(s) |
from
<> to
max.
length x beam ft (m) |
branches/junctions |
River Parrett |
Thorney
Mills Lock <> Bridgwater Bar |
River
Isle and Westport Canal River Yeo River Tone Bridgwater & Taunton Canal River Brue |
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54
x 14 (16,5 x 4,27) |
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1 |
Thorney Mills Bridge Lock | 0.0 |
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Parrett-Isle Junction | 0.8 |
River Isle and Westport Canal | ||
Parrett-Yeo Junction | 3.0 |
River Yeo | ||
2 |
Langport Lock | 4.0 |
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3 |
Oathe Floodgates | 6.5 |
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Bridgwater | 15.6 |
Bridgwater & Taunton Canal | ||
Burnham-on-Sea | 28.4 |
River Brue | ||
Bridgwater Bar | 34.3 |
Bristol Channel | ||
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