Cascades on the Lower Clydach River - geograph

The Lower Clydach River is a river in South

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which rises on the slopes of

Mynydd y Betws Mynydd y Betws is a mountain or large hill located on the northern side of the border between Swansea and Carmarthenshire in South Wales, between Ammanford and Clydach. It is an area of upland with large stretches of tussocky grassland. The medi ...

west of

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and flows for around 10 km through Cwm Clydach to its confluence with the River Tawe at Clydach. It runs through the RSPB's Cwm Clydach Nature Reserve just to the north of Clydach. - . Each of the rivers bearing the name 'Clydach' in South Wales is thought to derive from an earlier Celtic word 'klou' or 'kleu' together with the suffix '-ach' which is of Irish origin. The sense is of a 'strong-flowing', 'washing' or stony river.

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Geograph - pictures of Lower Clydach River
Rivers of Carmarthenshire Rivers of Neath Port Talbot Rivers of Swansea {{Wales-river-stub