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Tees, river; rises on Cross Fell, Cumberland, and flows E., following the boundary between Cumberland and Durham on the N., and Westmorland and Yorkshire on the S., to the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar; is 70 miles long, with estuary of 5 miles; is navigable to Stockton, and tidal to Yarm.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
Administrative units: | County Durham AncC Cumberland AncC Westmorland AncC |
Place: | Teesside |
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