River Tyne

River Tyne
River Tyne
	River Tyne Gateshead Quayside
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)
Basin size	2,933 km2 (1,132 square miles)
Discharge
• location	Bywell
• average	44.6 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	River Derwent

The River Tyne /ˈtaɪn/ ^ⓘ is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is 73 miles (118 km).^[1] It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.

The Tyne Rivers Trust measure the whole Tyne catchment as 2,936 km² (1,134 square miles), containing 4,399 km (2,733 miles) of waterways.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Owen, Susan; et al. (2005). Rivers and the British Landscape. Carnegie. ISBN 978-1-85936-120-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Rtyne2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The River: Fascinating Facts about the River Tyne". Tyne Rivers Trust. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[owen-1] Owen, Susan; et al. (2005). Rivers and the British Landscape. Carnegie. ISBN 978-1-85936-120-7.

[Rtyne2013-2] Cite error: The named reference Rtyne2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[TyneRivTr2013-3] "The River: Fascinating Facts about the River Tyne". Tyne Rivers Trust. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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