The river Thames

The cleanest river which flows into

a major city
Source and provenience

Thames takes rise near Kemble, a village in the south-

west of England. The weird part of searching the exact
place where it takes rise in on a map is that you wont
find any mountains. The exact place is a hill.
The first name of the river was the celtic Tamesa
which meant the dark one because of the dark
colour of the soil under the water.
The history of Thames
Because it drains in the North Sea, it helped the english
solidiers and all the Londons naval fleet to navigate till the
sea in WW I and WW II.
Till WW II the english people developed power plants
along the river. So in the WW II the Germans bombed all
those power plants. Because of this, although it is the
cleanest river which flows into a major city, it is biologicaly
dead.
The River Thames can first be identified as a discrete
drainage line as early as 58 million years ago.
Geographical informations
Its lenght is 346 km,
the second longest
river in United
Kingdom.
Its average debit is
65.8 m3/s.
The entire surface of
the river is 12,935
km.
Thames ends with a
big estuary.
Pollution of Thames
Over 50% of Londons, Readings and Oxfords sewage drains in
Thames. Because of this, the river doesnt have a pleasant smell and a
nice colour in some of the places along it.
Mercury (Hg) is an environmentally persistent heavy metal which at
high concentrations can be toxic to marine life and humans. Sixty
sediment cores of Hg 1 m in depth spans in the entire River Thames.
Best ways of admiring Thames
If you are fearless of high altitudes, you can
admire Thames from Londons Eye.
If you prefer lower heights, you can walk along
one of the many bridges in London like Tower
Bridge, London Bridge or Westminster Bridge.