River Eden, Cumbria

Eden
Ituna (Roman name)
The Eden at Appleby-in-Westmorland
The River Eden is highlighted in red.
EtymologyCeltic water or rushing
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBlack Fell Moss, Mallerstang
 • coordinates54°23′37″N 2°18′05″W / 54.3936°N 2.3014°W / 54.3936; -2.3014
 • elevation670 m (2,200 ft)
MouthSolway Firth
 • location
Bowness-on-Solway
 • coordinates
54°57′20″N 3°19′31″W / 54.9556°N 3.3252°W / 54.9556; -3.3252
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length145 km (90 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSheepmount, Carlisle
 • average51.82 m3/s (1,830 cu ft/s)
 • maximum1,700 m3/s (60,000 cu ft/s)maximum discharge in Dec 2015
Discharge 
 • locationTemple Sowerby
 • average14.44 m3/s (510 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftCaldew, Petteril, Eamont
 • rightIrthing
Map

The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England. It rises on Black Fell Moss, near the village of Outhgill, and runs in a generally north-westerly direction through the Vale of Eden and Solway Plain before reaching the sea at the Solway Firth.


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