River Exe

River Exe
The Exe Estuary from a balloon over Exeter. The M5 motorway is in the foreground, Topsham on the left bank just beyond, and Exmouth at the river mouth opposite Dawlish Warren.
Location
Country	England
Counties	Devon, Somerset
Settlements	Exeter, Tiverton, Exmouth
Physical characteristics
Source	Exe Head
• location	near Simonsbath, Somerset, England
• coordinates	51°09′33″N 3°47′12″W / 51.15917°N 3.78667°W / 51.15917; -3.78667
• elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Mouth	Lyme Bay
• location	English Channel
• coordinates	50°36′53″N 3°25′30″W / 50.61472°N 3.42500°W / 50.61472; -3.42500
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	96 km (60 mi)
Discharge
• location	Thorverton
• average	15.89 m3/s (561 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0.44 m3/s (16 cu ft/s)27 August 1976
• maximum	492.6 m3/s (17,400 cu ft/s)4 December 1960
Discharge
• location	Stoodleigh
• average	12.41 m3/s (438 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Pixton
• average	4.47 m3/s (158 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	River Haddeo, River Culm, River Clyst
• right	River Barle, River Creedy

Exe mouth

Exe head

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Map showing the location of source and mouth within Somerset and Devon

The River Exe (/ˈɛks/ EKS) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 miles (96 km)^[1] and reaches the sea at a substantial ria, the Exe Estuary, on the south (English Channel) coast of Devon. Historically, its lowest bridging point was the Old Exe Bridge in Exeter, the largest settlement on the river, but there is now a viaduct for the M5 motorway about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre.