River Tyne | |
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Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | South Tyne |
- location | Alston Moor, Cumbria, England |
2nd source | North Tyne |
- location | Deadwater Fell, Kielder, Northumberland, England |
Mouth | Tynemouth |
- location | Tynemouth, North Tyneside, England |
- coordinates | 55°0′37″N 1°25′8″W / 55.01028°N 1.41889°W |
Length | 118 km (73 miles)[1] |
Basin size | 2,933 km2 (1,132 square miles)[2] |
Discharge | |
- location | Bywell[2] |
- average | 44.6 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
- left | River Derwent |
The River Tyne is a river in North East England.[3] It is used for water sports in the summer. More than 43,500 people visit it every year. There is a famous bridge that crosses it called the Tyne Bridge. Another bridge that crosses it is the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The bridges connect Gateshead to Newcastle upon Tyne.
Length (excluding tributaries) (km) 321.4