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A rythe, or rithe, is a small stream, [1] or a creek or inlet from a salt water harbour. [2] The term is in common usage in the South of England.

Stream A body of surface water flowing down a channel

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.

Creek (tidal) The portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides

A tidal creek, tidal channel, or estuary is the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides, in the case that the subject stream discharges to an ocean, sea or strait. Thus this portion of the stream has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks are characterized by slow water velocity resulting in buildup of fine, organic sediment in wetlands. Creeks may often dry to a muddy channel with little or no flow at low tide, but with significant depth of water at high tide. Due to the temporal variability of water quality parameters within the tidally influenced zone, there are unique biota associated with tidal creeks which are often specialised to such zones. Nutrients and organic matter are delivered downstream to habitats normally lacking these, while the creeks also provide access to inland habitat for salt-water organisms.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

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The Rythe

The Rythe is a river or stream in north Surrey, England which is generally open and which is a natural woodland feature for approximately half of its course before being variously culverted and a suburban garden feature, passing between Thames Ditton and Long Ditton, then discharging into the Thames, its longest branch is the Arbrook which drains Arbrook Common, a woodland of the mainly wooded Esher Commons.

Hayling Island island off the south coast of England

Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, near Portsmouth.

Mill Rythe Holiday Village is a holiday camp in Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. Originally called Sunshine Holiday Camp, it opened its doors to the public in the early 1940s and had also been used by the Marines during the war and for holidays with their families after World War II.

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Langstone, Hampshire village in United Kingdom

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Chichester Harbour

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Langstone Harbour

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Hayling Island branch line

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Station Theatre (Hayling Island)

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Hayling United F.C.

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North Hayling railway station

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Hayling Seaside Railway

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Langston railway station

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Hayling Island railway station

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Stoke, Hayling Island village in United Kingdom

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The Hayling College is a coeducational foundation secondary school, located on Hayling Island in the English county of Hampshire.

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station lifeboat station on the South coast of England, UK

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located on Hayling Island close to the town of Mengham in the English county of Hampshire. The station is located on the eastern side of Hayling island at the entrance to Chichester Harbour where it joins the major shipping route of the Solent, and is opposite the village of West Wittering. This major shipping route is a busy at all times of the year and there are estimated to be 10,000 boats in the Chichester area alone. The Hayling Island station provides cover for the area 24 hours a day, all year, by means of two inshore rigid inflatable lifeboats placed on this station.

References

  1. Merriam-Webster
  2. Wilsons Boatyard on Mengham Rythe