River Tame (Greater Manchester)

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The River Tame in Greater Manchester is an urban river in North West England that flows through towns such as Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge before helping to form the River Mersey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
River Tame (Greater Manchester) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
urban river ⓘ
associatedWith Tame Valley ⓘ
Tame Valley Way ⓘ
basinCountry England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
confluenceLocation Stockport ⓘ
confluenceWith River Goyt ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedBy M60 motorway ⓘ
railway bridges ⓘ
road bridges ⓘ
drainageBasin River Mersey basin ⓘ
flowsDirection generally south-westerly ⓘ
flowsThrough Ashton-under-Lyne ⓘ
Dukinfield ⓘ
Hyde ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Tameside ⓘ
linked to: Tameside

Mossley ⓘ
Stalybridge ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
Tameside ⓘ
hasRightTributary River Medlock ⓘ
hasTributary River Etherow ⓘ
Smaller local brooks and streams ⓘ
helpsForm River Mersey ⓘ
historicallyAffectedBy industrial pollution ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Manchester ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
Tame Valley ⓘ
mouthLocation Stockport ⓘ
confluence with River Goyt ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from ancient Brittonic root meaning "dark" or "quiet" ⓘ
partOf River Mersey catchment ⓘ
hydrology of Greater Manchester ⓘ
passesThrough industrial areas ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
separates Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge in parts of its course ⓘ
sourceLocation Pennines ⓘ
near Denshaw ⓘ
slope of Denshaw Moor ⓘ
subjectOf river restoration projects ⓘ
tributaryOf River Mersey ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
walking along its banks ⓘ
watercourseType non-tidal river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chew Brook → tributaryOf → River Tame (Greater Manchester) ⓘ