Harter Fell is an area of upland heath in west

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, England. It lies on the

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

between the

River Tees The River Tees (), in Northern England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The modern day history of the river has be ...

to the north-east and the River Lune to the south and reaches a maximum height of 481 metres asl about 1 km north of the hamlet of

Thringarth Thringarth is a hamlet in Lunedale, in the Pennines of England. It is Historic counties of England, traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to Coun ...

. The northern flanks of the Fell fall just within the southern limit of the

Upper Teesdale Upper Teesdale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the west County Durham, England. It encompasses an extensive upland area that includes the headwaters of the River Tees and the surrounding catchment area upstream of the village ...

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. The Pennine Way National Trail skirts the south-eastern flank of the Fell.

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