River Conwy
Boats on the Conwy
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The Conwy (Welsh: Afon Conwy ) is a river in northern Wales. From its source to its mouth in the Conwy Bay in the Irish Sea, the river is a little longer than 43 kilometers.
The Conwy arises in the Migneint Heath, where a number of leads streams in the Llyn Conwy. It flows in a northerly direction, where the River Makhno and the River Lledr open out before the Conwy Betws -y -Coed reached where the Afon Llugwy flows into the river. It flows north through Llanrwst and Trefriw before reaching Conwy on the Conwy Bay. During the Frühlingstiden he is to Llanrwst a tidal river.
Inflows
- Afon Makhno
- Afon Lledr
- Afon Llugwy
- Afon Gallt y Gwg
- Nant y Goron
- Afon Crafnant
- Afon Ddu
- Afon Porth - llwyd
- Afon Dulyn
- Afon Roe
- Afon Gyffin
Geology and Geomorphology
In the east Tonsteinhügel limit from the Silurian of the river, Migneint Heath. This itself already acid stones are usually covered by a thin acidic soil, grow on the Mollina spp and Erica grasses. Because of its environmental water in the upper reaches of the Conwy is often acidic and brown.
To the west lies below the catchment harder rocks from the Cambrian, so that the landscape is much steeper and more angular, with high solitary hills, through which the flow in cascades and waterfalls meanders like the Conwy Falls or the Lledr Gorge. The landscape is heavily forested with later planted originally non- native conifers.
The western side of the Conwy Valley is home to numerous lakes and reservoirs, one of which serve some of the drinking water. The rock there is rich in minerals, numerous former copper, lead and silver mines traverse the landscape.
The central valley downstream from Betws -y -Coed is comparatively fertile and suitable for farming. The willows are used, among other sheep as winter quarters, spend the summer further up in the mountains.
Culture and history
Archaeological findings show that the Conwy Valley has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Since the Roman period in Britain, the area has been inhabited continuously since about the year 400. In Conwy Valley are two of the oldest churches in Wales: in Llanrhychwyn and Llangelynin dating back to the 11th or 12th century.
During the Wars of the Roses the Earl of Pembroke devastated by order of Edward IV large part of the Conwytals, as revenge for an attack by Lancasters on the town of Denbigh 1466th
In the mouth of the river in the Conwy Bay, the town of Conwy is the World Heritage Site of Conwy Castle. Two famous bridges over the river: one of the oldest road suspension bridges in the world of Thomas Telford now carries a pedestrian crossing while on Robert Stephenson Conwy railway bridge still runs the railway line from Holyhead to London. A recent third bridge carries the road that runs A55 in a new tunnel under the river mouth.
Ecology
The Conwy is known for its salmon and trout populations. Increasing acidity in the second half of the 20th century, especially in the upper course of the river has affected their breeding success.