Kingsbridge Estuary
The Kingsbridge Estuary is a ria located in south Devon, running from Kingsbridge in the north to its mouth at the English Channel near Salcombe. The estuary is popular with sailors and holiday-makers, and it lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It is an extreme example of a ria (drowned river valley), because it is disproportionate to the size of the small streams which flow into it.[1] Prior to the sea level rise at the end of the ice age, it was the valley of a river.
Several of the creeks of the estuary have independent names, including Blanksmill, Frogmore, Southpool, Batson and Bowcombe Creek (the most northerly portion of the estuary).
References
- Location map: 50°15’10"N, 3°45’35"W
- ↑ "The Salcombe & Kingsbridge Estuary". South Devon AONB. 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105172033/http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/downloads.asp?PageId=294. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
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