River Tavy | |
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![]() The Tavy above Tavistock, on the moor | |
Location | |
Country | England |
County | Devon |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | River Tamar |
• location | Bickleigh |
• coordinates | 50°28′N 4°09′W / 50.467°N 4.150°W |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
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The Tavy (/ˈteɪvi/) is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root "Tam", once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'.[1] It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy.
It is a tributary of the River Tamar and has as its own tributaries: Collybrooke, River Burn, River Wallabrooke, River Lumburn, and River Walkham. At Tavistock it feeds a canal running to Morwellham Quay.
Its mouth is crossed by the Tavy Bridge which carries the Tamar Valley railway line.
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