River Dodder | |
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Dodder through Rathgar | |
Etymology | Old Irish dothar, possibly meaning "river" or a Pre-Celtic substrate word[1][2][3] |
Native name | An Dothra (Irish) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Kippure Mountain, County Dublin |
• elevation | 763 m (2,503 ft)[4] |
Mouth | |
• location | Dublin Docklands, ultimately Dublin Bay (River Liffey) |
Length | 26 kilometres (16 mi)[5] |
Basin size | 120.8 km2 (46.6 sq mi)[4] |
Basin features | |
River system | River Liffey |
Tributaries | |
• left | Cot Brook, Slade Brook, Glassavullaun, Ballymaice Stream, Jobstown (or Whitestown) Stream, Muckross Stream, Swan River |
• right | Mareen's Brook, Ballinascorney Stream, Piperstown Stream, Owendoher River (with Whitechurch Stream), Little Dargle River (with Castle Stream), River Slang (Dundrum River, with Wyckham Stream) |
The River Dodder (Irish: An Dothra)[6] is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.
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