River Trent

River Trent
Trent Bridge, with Nottingham in the background
Drainage basin of the River Trent (Interactive map)
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Country within the UK	England
Counties	Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire
Cities	Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham
Towns	Stone, Rugeley, Burton upon Trent, Newark-on-Trent, Gainsborough
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, England
• coordinates	53°06′58″N 02°08′25″W / 53.11611°N 2.14028°W / 53.11611; -2.14028
• elevation	275 m (902 ft)
Mouth
• location	Trent Falls, Humber Estuary, Lincolnshire, England
• coordinates	53°42′03″N 00°41′28″W / 53.70083°N 0.69111°W / 53.70083; -0.69111
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	298 km (185 mi)
Basin size	10,435 km2 (4,029 sq mi)[1][a]
Discharge
• location	Colwick[3]
• average	84 m3/s (3,000 cu ft/s)[3]
• minimum	15 m3/s (530 cu ft/s)[3][b]
• maximum	1,018 m3/s (36,000 cu ft/s)[4][c]
Discharge
• location	North Muskham
• average	88 m3/s (3,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Blithe, Swarbourn, Dove, Derwent, Erewash, Leen, Greet, Idle, Torne
• right	Sow, Tame, Mease, Soar, Devon, Eau
Progression : River Trent — Humber — North Sea

The Trent is the third longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands into the Humber Estuary. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in the past often caused the river to change course.

The river passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Staffordshire, Rugeley, Burton-upon-Trent and Nottingham before joining the River Ouse, Yorkshire at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea between Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire. The wide Humber estuary has often been described as the boundary between the Midlands and the north of England.^[5][6]

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