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The River Dunsop is a river in the
The River Dunsop is a river in the Forest of Bowland
The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells and formerly the Chase of Bowland, is an area of gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire, England, with a small part in North Yorkshire (however ro ...
in Northern England
Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...
. It flows into the River Hodder at Dunsop Bridge
Dunsop Bridge is a village in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, north-west of Clitheroe, south-east of Lancaster and west of Skipton. It is in the civil parish of Bowland Forest High. Historically, the village is part of the ...
.
It begins at the confluence of the Brennand River and Whitendale River, both of which rise high up in the surrounding moorland. It then flows through the steep-sided Dunsop Valley before meeting the Hodder. An aqueduct carrying water to Blackburn runs alongside.
On 8 August 1967 Dunsop Valley entered the UK Weather Records
The United Kingdom weather records show the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall records. Reliable temperature records for the whole of the United Kingdom go back to about 1880. ...
with the ''Highest 90-min total'' rainfall
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...
at 117 mm. As of July 2006 this record remains.
See also
*Dunsop Bridge (structure)
Dunsop Bridge is a bridge in the English village of the same name. The structure, which dates to the early 19th century, crosses the River Dunsop. A Grade II listed structure, it is in sandstone, and consists of a single segmental arch with ...
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