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How long is it? --zeno 03:42 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)
I found a reference from the Environmental Agency | title= Frankwell Flood Alleviation Scheme, Shrewsbury| accessdate=2010-03-13| publisher= Environmental Agency that gave this figure. Michael Glass (talk) 23:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I notice neither this article nor Bristol Channel has any discussion of where one starts and the other ends or exactly what the relationship between the two is. Could someone add that? --87.82.12.159 01:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Well the formal end of the 'Gloucester Harbour' as administered by the Competent Harbour Authority (Gloucester Harbour Trustees), is just downstream of the 'Second Severn Crossing'. Bob aka Linuxlad 09:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
From what I've heard, the River Severn changes into the Severn estuary after the Second Severn Crossing, and then the Severn Estuary becomes the Bristol Channel between Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan and Sand Point in Somerset(? not sure of the county). User:Owain18
This section as currently written in the article seems to me to be rather confusing: "By convention, the River Severn is usually considered to end, and the Severn Estuary to begin, after the Second Severn Crossing, between Severn Beach in South Gloucestershire and Sudbrook, Monmouthshire. The total area of the Estuary's drainage basin is 4,409 square miles (11,419 km2). That figure excludes the area of the River Wye and the Bristol Avon, both of which flow into the Severn Estuary." 1) The River Wye joins the Severn upstream of this description of the river-estuary transition, which by that logic would mean it flows into the River Severn, not (directly) into the Severn Estuary. 2) Either way, as the Avon and the Wye are stated to flow (directly or indirectly) into the estuary, what is the logic for excluding the area of their drainage basins from the total given for the Severn Estuary? Surely either they should be included, or (preferably) the figure excluding them should be stated to be the draining of the River Severn, not that of the Severn Estuary? (Preferably, because it is, after all, the former that is the subject of this article, not the latter.) 3) And as a more minor point, if the SSC is taken as the river-estuary demarcation point, wouldn't "at" be better than "after" in the first sentence? JA 1961 (talk) 17:11, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The largest amount of the river goes through a town called Moorings
What does this mean? I've never heard of Moorings, but presumably if the largest part of the river passes through it it must be on the estuary. Can someone clarify this or reword it before I delete it? Graham 14:57, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Should there not be a page on the navigation locks on the River Severn? Come to think about it there is only an entry on canal locks and no reference to the fact that locks are also found on several rivers in the UK and many others throughout the world. DonBarton
A tidal bore is not a solitary wave - the wikipedia article on tidal bores does not make this mistake. I have corrected this, but just wanted to make it clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiwimhm (talk • contribs) 23:48, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The following text was removed from the tidal bore section. It seems to go off in an unrelated tangent. David D. (Talk) 02:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Could "Hafren" (Old Welsh "Habren") be derived from a Celtic term meaning "wide estuary"? In modern Welsh this would be "aber eang". Therefore Aber-eang(or similar)>Abereng>Abren>Habren? After all, the estuary is an obvious feature of the river, being one of the largest in Britain. Any comments/references? ML 24.11.06.
I cannot see why the edit tags from the Transport section appear together after the third image. Finavon 21:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I've put a couple of "citation needed" tags in the Tidal Power section. There seems to be a POV being expressed there. Rojomoke 12:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Could someone provide coordinates for the source, please? Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 11:06, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
I have just reverted an edit which changed the Severn from second to third highest tidal range in the world. To support this I removed one of the two BBC references and added one from the environment agency. If the original editor doubts the reliability of the BBC then there are more that I could add from trusted sources such as WWF, FOE etc. which support the claim that the Severn has the second highest tidal range in the world. --Cheesy Mike 08:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
The assertion that the Severn has the second largest tidal range in the world is inconsistent with other Wikipedia articles: Ungava_Bay Bay_of_Fundy
Perhaps these need to be updated, although I'm pretty sure that the Canadian Hydrographic Service is a more reliable source than the WWF. Where is the chain of citation with WWF or the BBC?
Feel free to correct either way, but as it stands, the encyclopedia is internally inconsistent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.9.237.22 (talk) 11:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
This sentence seems suspicious to me: "The largest bores occur in spring, but smaller ones can be seen throughout the year." The situation which happens if Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned, causing a larger tide, is called Spring Tide. The name "spring tide" does not have anything in common with the spring season. Could this sentence be a result of someone misunderstanding what "spring tide" means and assuming that the biggest tides happen in spring? I don't know of any reason why tides in spring should be bigger than those in summer, fall or winter. Matushorvath (talk) 02:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
can everybody tell me, what show us this map: [1] about the severn and where it's on it?? i can find all other things there, but not the severn! Dontworry (talk) 10:10, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
The article describes the river deity as riding a seahorse (no illustration provded). Is this the actual marine seahorse, or the mythological hippocamp? The latter seems more likely, but I can't find a definitive answer. There's a note with this query in the text, too.
Could somebody with local knowledge please update the information that is either conjecture, hope, or details that are likely to change? --Kudpung (talk) 11:59, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Just a question .. can you really argue that the Severn runs through Bristol? The Avon definitely does - and Avonmouth is on the Severn - but the Severn is miles from the city centre. Beantrees (talk) 15:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
The article on Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire quotes the BBC quoting the Ordnance Survey that, it is the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain, at 113 km. This triangulates and equates to circa Westbury-on-Severn. Does anyone know why the Ordnance Survey consider this (or some more precise locale) to be the 'start of the sea'? ... And is there a reference? Regards Chienlit (talk) 12:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
At the moment, measurements in the articles are mostly metric first, except for three instances (all without citations) where miles are used. As this article is used for Wikipedia for Schools should it be consistently metric first? Michael Glass (talk) 00:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
My environmental science textbook mentions that in 2000 a large toxic fire took place in the flood plain during a large storm, due to buried toxic chemicals. then the area flooded a few days later. This seems fairly noteworthy, and the picture of the fireball in my book is impressive. yet I see nothing here, nor on severn river disasters, and i can't find a link for a severn flood plain (since this didn't actually occur on the river per se). Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.207.237 (talk) 23:06, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
There is no mention of the geographical history of this river? The Severn did not only flow south, there were two courses one went North and drained out through the present-day River Dee, Wales. It was not until the end of the last ice age that the the retreating ice left large amounts of glacial material between blocking the natural course north to Chester. The remnants of this great river are the meres that are in North Shropshire. It is mentioned here and here (but this too tecnical for me). The geology of how this river formed is a key component of an encyclopaedic entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.66.115 (talk) 00:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the contentious statement that said that since there had been many disasters on the river it was Britain's most dangerous river. Apart from the whole being unsourced, the latter does not necessarily flow from the former (excuse the puns). There are undoubtedly hazards associated with it, but that doesn't mean it is any more or less dangerous than anyt comparable watercourse. Geopersona (talk) 06:24, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
You are saying that England and Wales are "parts"/states/regions. That is very insulting to any Welsh readers (or maybe English readers), as it is damaging their different cultures. The UK is a "supercountry". I know Hawaii has a different culture from the US, but Hawaii has never been an indepent country. England, Wales, and Scotland have. Velociraptor888 15:38, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
"The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren, Latin: Sabrina) is the longest river in the United Kingdom, at about 354 kilometres (220 mi),[3][4] and the second longest in Britain and Ireland, behind the River Shannon." I first thought this sentence had confused "United Kingdom" with "Britain" when making statements about the Severn being the longest river. It can't be the #1 longest in the UK if it's only #2 longest in Britain. But it seems that this sentence is grouping Britain+Ireland, which I think is needlessly confusing. Perhaps these 2 names can be replaced with "the British Isles" for slight clarity. ZomgPancakes (talk) 17:42, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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Bit puzzled why the route map starts at Bewdley - is this because it's the navigable section, in which case maybe the legend should be "Navigable River Severn"? Or is it because the Hafren is being regarded as a separate river, which would be odd given that Afon Hafren redirects here. I ask because for example the Thames route map shows the whole length of the river from source to mouth. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 07:34, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
I am using 4 hw where is the sea it flows into?? CherryLS (talk) 16:28, 28 September 2023 (UTC)