Roe Beck
The Roe Beck also known as the River Roe in its lower reaches, is a beck that flows through Cumberland. It is a lower tributary of the River Caldew which it joins near Gaitsgill south of Dalston (54°49’0"N, 2°57’41"W).
The total length of the beck including its main headwater, Peel Gill, is thirteen miles and it has a drainage basin of 27 square miles, which includes the area of its major tributary the River Ive.[1][2][3]
Course
The headwaters of the Roe Beck rise on high ground near Hardrigg Hall between Lamonby and Skelton. Its waters flow from here north-westwards where they are joined by Peel Gill near Skelton Wood End. Other tributaries such as Whale Gill and Cockley Beck join the stream as it flows past Sowerby Row and Middlesceugh, at which point it turns northwards to where its tributary, the River Ive, joins it near Highbridge. Beyond this meeting of the waters, the beck is known as the River Roe. Here too it moves back to a north-westerly heading and is then joined by Bassen Brook before continuing through Stockdalewath, to join the River Caldew near Gaitsgill.[2][3]
Hydrology
The flow of the beck has been measured at a gauging station in its lower reaches at Stockdalewath since 1999. The catchment area to the gauge is 24 square miles, some 91% of the total area of the beck's basin.[4]
The highest river level recorded at the station occurred on the 8 January 2005, with a height of 9.45 feet and a flow of 21,777 gallons a second. The second highest peak reached 8.92 feet with a flow of 19,797 gallons a second on the 18 May 2013.[5]
The catchment basin upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of 38.7 inches and a maximum altitude of 1,214 feet at the south-western edge of the basin.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pearson, Callum 'Modelling the potential impact of spatially targeted natural flood management at the landscape scale for a rural UK catchment' (Durham University, 2016)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Roe Beck (Lower)". Environment Agency. http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB102076073770. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Roe Beck (Upper)". Environment Agency. http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB102076073750. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "76019 - Roe Beck at Stockdalewath Info". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/data/station/info/76019. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ National Rivers Flow Archive: 76019 - Roe Beck at Stockdalewath Peak Flow Data (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)