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River Tawe
The
River Tawe
(
Welsh
:
Afon Tawe
; ) is a river in
South Wales
. It flows in a principally southwesterly direction for some from its source below
Moel Feity
in the
Old Red Sandstone
hills of the western
Brecon Beacons
to the
Bristol Channel
at
Swansea
. Its main tributaries are the right bank
Upper
and
Lower Clydach Rivers
and the
Afon Twrch
. The total area of the catchment is some 246 km
2
(95 square miles). The Tawe passes through a number of towns and villages including
Ystradgynlais
,
Ystalyfera
,
Pontardawe
, and
Clydach
and meets the sea at
Swansea Bay
below Swansea. The Tawe Valley (
Cwm Tawe
in
Welsh
) is more commonly known as the
Swansea Valley
.
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