Bridge, river and fresh water

The River Thames (/tɛmz/ (about this soundlisten) TEMZ), known rather in elements as the River Isis, is a river that flows thru southern England which include London. At 215 miles (346 km), it's miles the longest river absolutely in England and the second-longest in the uk, after the River Severn.

It flows through Oxford (where it's miles generally known as the Isis), reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The decrease reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach as much as Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea through the Thames Estuary. The Thames drains the entire of extra London.[1]

Its tidal phase, attaining as much as Teddington Lock, consists of maximum of its London stretch and has a rise and fall of 23 toes (7 m). going for walks via a number of the driest parts of mainland Britain and heavily abstracted for drinking water, the Thames' discharge is low considering its length and breadth: the Severn has a discharge almost two times as big on common notwithstanding having a smaller drainage basin. In Scotland, the Tay achieves extra than double the Thames' common discharge from a drainage basin that is 60% smaller.

along its route are 45 navigation locks with accompanying weirs. Its catchment vicinity covers a big a part of south-jap and a small a part of western England; the river is fed by means of at the least 50 named tributaries. The river includes over 80 islands. With its waters varying from freshwater to almost seawater, the Thames helps an expansion of wildlife and has a number of adjoining websites of unique scientific interest, with the biggest being in the North Kent Marshes and overlaying five,289 hectares (20.4 sq.mi)