River Twiss

River Twiss with the Ingleton Viaduct

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The River Twiss is a small river in North Yorkshire, England. The River Twiss is in its upper reaches also called Kingsdale Beck and is formed at Kingsdale Head of the Buck Beck and the Long Gill, flowing from the west flank of Whernside and the back Gill.

The River Twiss flows in a southerly direction and joins with the River Doe Ingleton in the River Greta.

Waterfalls

At the River Twiss and along the River Doe Ingleton Waterfalls Trail runs the along the waterfalls and rapids of the rivers.

The Thornton Force waterfall is one of the two waterfalls of the River Twiss. The river falls into this waterfall about 46 m over a step in depth. The painter William Turner in 1816 a drawing of this waterfall made ​​, which is now owned by the Tate Gallery.

The Pecca Falls waterfall consists of three stages, in which the flow in each case only drops in a small basin and thus overcomes a height difference of 30 m.

Evidence

• River system River Lune
• River in Europe
• River in England
• Yorkshire Dales
• Waters in North Yorkshire
• Waterfall in Europe
• Waterfall in England