River Dunsop

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River Dunsop near Dunsop Bridge

The River Dunsop is a river in the Forest of Bowland in Northern England. It flows into the River Hodder at Dunsop Bridge. [1]

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It begins at the confluence of the Brennand River and Whitendale River, both of which rise high up in the surrounding moorland. It then flows through the steep-sided Dunsop Valley before meeting the Hodder. [1] An aqueduct carrying water to Blackburn runs alongside.

The Dunsop drains a catchment approximately 9 km by 5 km, [2] which comprises the sub-catchment areas of the Brennand and Whitendale, and is classed as a fifth order catchment. [2] The catchment is primarily Millstone Grit, but the tributaries run through older shale and limestone strata [2]

On 8 August 1967 Dunsop Valley entered the UK Weather Records with the Highest 90-min total rainfall at 117 mm. The peak flow of the flood was deduced primarily from wrack mark evidence and roughness coefficients. [3] As of July 2006 this record remains.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dunsop". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Mottershead, Derek; Suggitt, Steve (1992). "Spatial Variation in Stream Water Quality: A Scientific Approach". Teaching Geography. 17 (2): 66–69. JSTOR   23755912 via JSTOR.
  3. M. J. Lowing, M.J. (1975). Flood studies conference. pp. 23–26. doi:10.1680/fsc1975.00148. ISBN   978-0-7277-4736-5.

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