River Plym

Cattewater at Plymouth

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The River Plym is a river in Devon in the South West of Britain.

Course

It rises to 450 meters above sea level on Plymhead in Dartmoor, approximately 6 km south-southeast of Princetown. The river first flows southwest through the Dartmoor, on the right bank of the upper course is the Steinkreiskompex of Drizzlecombe. The Dartmoor leaves the River Plym by the Dewerstone Wood, in the right of the flows from the reservoir Burrator coming Meavy River. The river now flows through the wooded Bickleigh Valley to the south. In Plympton he is crossed by the A38 Devon Expressway. Behind the motorway bridge, the river now flows southwest through the Laira estuary mentioned. The river forms the northern boundary of the park of Saltram House, along the right bank running the A374 and a railway line. 3 km Laira Bridge crosses the river. Along the shores extend industrial and commercial enterprises, before the River Plym estuary referred to in the Cattewater flows. The Cattewater is separated on the south by the Mount Batten peninsula with the 24 m high rock from Mount Batten Plymouth Sound. Here the River Plym leads finally to the east of Sutton Pool, the old harbor of Plymouth, Plymouth Sound.

History

His name was given to the river by the 904 first-mentioned town Plympton, which means to Old English Plum Tree Village. This name was passed on to the river and later to the city of Plymouth.

In the early Middle Ages was navigable the River Plym to Plympton. However, many sediments were washed into the river, so that the Plym silted up in the 16th century by the mining industry in Dartmoor. The trade shifted from Plympton to Plymouth. Even today, the river is impacted by the Kaolinabbau in its catchment area strongly with suspended solids.

The normal water level of the River Plym at Carnwood in Bickleigh Valley varies from 0.16 to 0.66 m, the maximum water level was 2.55 m.