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River Welland
The River Welland is a river in the east of England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called "South Holland" for thousands of years. It rises near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, then flows eastwards to Spalding, Cowbit , Crowland, Deeping St. James , Market Deeping, then Stamford and Ketton and into The Wash at Fosdyke Bridge .
The river flows through rich, fertile arable land, also fields of narcissus.
Tributaries of the River Welland:
- Eye Brook
- Pinchbeck Counter Drain
- River Chater
- River Glen
- River Gwash
- River Ketton
- Surfleet Counter Drain
See also
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Welland for alternate meanings
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