Owenmore River | |
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Etymology | Irish for "big river" |
Native name | An Abhainn Mhór (Irish) |
Location | |
Country | Ireland |
Cities | Bangor Erris, Bellacorick |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Nephin Beg Range, County Mayo |
Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean via Tullaghan Bay |
Length | 47.07 kilometres (29.25 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 14.7 m3/s (520 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Oweninny River |
The Owenmore River (Irish: An Abhainn Mhór[1]) is a river in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is big spate river and drains a large area of bogs, moorland and mountains.[2]