River Machno ( cy, Afon Machno) is a river in
Snowdonia
Snowdonia or Eryri (), is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in Wales, in 1951.
Name and extent
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in north-west
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. It is the first major tributary of the
River Conwy
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, which it joins south of
Betws-y-coed
Betws-y-coed (; '' en, prayer house in the wood'') is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest. ...
, past the Pandy Falls and the Machno Falls.
It has its source in the slopes at the head of the Machno valley, and flows through the villages of
Cwm Penmachno and
Penmachno.
Bro Machno
Machno
Machno
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