The
River Lee (Irish:
An Laoi) is a
river in
Ireland. It rises in the
Shehy Mountains on the western border of
County Cork and flows eastwards through
Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's city centre is built, and empties into the
Celtic Sea at
Cork Harbour on the south coast, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. The catchment area of the River Lee is 1,253 km
2. The long term average flow rate of the River Lee is 40.4 Cubic Metres per second (m
3/s)