Long Eau
Long Eau at Carlton Grange
The Long Eau is a river in Lincolnshire, England, rising from the Chalk Streams of the Lincolnshire Wolds and joining its companion stream, the Great Eau south of Saltfleetby All Saints.[1]
The Long Eau drains a small catchment of 22.3 km2.[2]
The placename element Eau for a river is common in Lincolnshire and comes not from the French, but from Old English Ea - a river, related to modern Germanic Aa.[3]
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- ↑ "Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau CAMS area overview" (PDF). The Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy. Environment Agency. January 2007. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2013. (map)
- ↑ "Long Eau". Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ Partridge, Eric (5 Sep 1977). Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Routledge. p. 129. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
External links
- "Chalk Streams". Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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Coordinates: 53°22′54″N 0°11′46″E / 53.3816°N 0.1960°E
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