River Witham

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The Witham is a 132 km long river that runs almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in eastern England.

Course

It rises near South Witham in the nature reserve Cribbs Meadow in the English county of Leicestershire at an altitude of approximately 133m.

It flows through South Witham, North Witham and Grantham. In Waddington Brant opens as a right tributary.

In Lincoln, the water of various drainage channels will be recorded. Here the channel Foss Dyke to Trent ends a tributary of the Humber. Here also a navigable channel starts parallel to the Witham, which opens after straightening at Bardney.

In Boston, the South Forty Foot drain empties into the Witham. From there the water is called The Haven, which flows into the tidal pool The Wash after a few kilometers. Shortly before, the water of the drainage channel Hobhole drain is still recorded. The river is navigable from Lincoln to Boston and then as the Haven to the North Sea.

The rivers Witham, Welland, Nene and Ouse form a flood plain, which spreads around the bay " The Wash ". It is a moorland landscape in eastern England, which the Fens (English: " The Fens " = the swamps ) is called.

History

• The rivers Witham and Trent were in the early medieval period of the Heptarchy the boundaries of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey or Linnuis. It lay between the Humber River and the tidal pool The Wash on the east coast of England.

• The rivers Witham and Trent at Torksey be named for its 18 km long Foss Dyke, also Fossedyke interconnected. It was built in 120 AD by the Romans in Lincolnshire today and is the oldest navigable canal in England.

• River in Europe
• River in England
• Geography ( Lincolnshire )
• Water system The Wash