River Leam
{{short description|River in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, England}}
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The River Leam ({{IPAc-en|l|ɛ|m}}) is a river in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa,{{cite web |title=River Leam Catchment Pilot |url=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/144137.aspx |publisher=Environment Agency |access-date=2 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202045624/http://environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/144137.aspx |archive-date=2 February 2013 |df=dmy-all}} named after it. It then flows into the River Avon near Warwick, which flows into the River Severn.
Toponymy
The name is first recorded in 956 as Limenan, and derives from British Lemanā, meaning "elm-tree river".{{citation |contribution=Leam |editor-last=Watts |editor-first=Victor |editor-link=Victor Watts |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780521168557}}
Tributaries
Its major tributaries are Rains Brook, River Itchen, River Stowe and Radford Brook.
Water quality
The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates, angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.{{cite web |url=http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/help/glossary |website=Catchment Data Explorer |title=Glossary (see Biological quality element; Chemical status; and Ecological status) |publisher=Environment Agency |date=17 February 2016}} 30px Text was copied from this source, which is available under an [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.
Water quality of the River Leam in 2019:
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| Section | Ecological Status | Chemical Status | Overall Status | Length | Catchment | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{waterqual_title |desc=Leam - source to conf Rains Bk |asset= GB109054044120}}
| {{waterqual_poor}} | {{waterqual_fail}} | {{waterqual_poor}} | {{convert| 23.642 |km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{convert| 62.907 |km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | | ||||||
| {{waterqual_title |desc=Leam - conf Rains Brook to conf River Itchen |asset= GB109054044130}}
| {{waterqual_mod}} | {{waterqual_fail}} | {{waterqual_mod}} | {{convert| 13.775 |km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{convert| 62.148 |km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | | ||||||
| {{waterqual_title |desc= Leam - conf River Itchen to conf River Avon |asset= GB109054044140}}
| {{waterqual_poor}} | {{waterqual_fail}} | {{waterqual_poor}} | {{convert| 22.553 |km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{convert| 65.72 |km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.hunningham.org.uk The Manor of Hunningham]
{{Royal Leamington Spa}}
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{{coord|52|17|N|1|33|W|display=title|region:GB_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}
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