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The River Severn in Shewsbury, Shropshire

River Severn The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about 220 miles. It rises on Plynlimon in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains and flows in a vast arc out to carve a broad estuary in Gloucestershire and between Somerset and Monmouthshire which becomes the Bristol Channel. The source of the Severn on Plynlimon is at an altitude of 2,000 feet near Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. The river flows out through the Hafren Forest and all through Montgomeryshire, through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Four county towns stand on its banks: Montgomery, Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester. With an average discharge of 107 m³/s at Apperley, Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in the United Kingdom. (Read more)