River Tame (Greater Manchester)

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The River Tame in Greater Manchester is an urban river in North West England that flows through towns such as Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge before helping to form the River Mersey.

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River Tame (Greater Manchester) canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
urban river
associatedWith Tame Valley
Tame Valley Way
basinCountry England
United Kingdom
confluenceLocation Stockport
confluenceWith River Goyt
country England
crossedBy M60 motorway
railway bridges
road bridges
drainageBasin River Mersey basin
flowsDirection generally south-westerly
flowsThrough Ashton-under-Lyne
Dukinfield
Hyde
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
linked to: Tameside

Mossley
Stalybridge
Stockport
Tameside
hasRightTributary River Medlock
hasTributary River Etherow
Smaller local brooks and streams
helpsForm River Mersey
historicallyAffectedBy industrial pollution
locatedIn Greater Manchester
North West England
Tame Valley
mouthLocation Stockport
confluence with River Goyt
nameEtymology derived from ancient Brittonic root meaning "dark" or "quiet"
partOf River Mersey catchment
hydrology of Greater Manchester
passesThrough industrial areas
urban areas
region North West England
separates Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge in parts of its course
sourceLocation Pennines
near Denshaw
slope of Denshaw Moor
subjectOf river restoration projects
tributaryOf River Mersey
usedFor angling
recreation
walking along its banks
watercourseType non-tidal river

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Chew Brook tributaryOf River Tame (Greater Manchester)