This River Blackwater drains small parts of the
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counties of
Hampshire
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and
Wiltshire
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. It is a tributary of the
River Test
The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England. It rises at Ashe near Basingstoke and flows southwards for to Southampton Water. Settlements on the Test include the towns of Stockbridge and Romsey. Below the village of ...
.
Course
It rises just to the east of the Wiltshire village of
Redlynch, east of
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
Salisbury is in the southeast of ...
. It then flows east into Hampshire, where it flows north of the village of
Wellow and the hamlet of
Wigley. The river turns south, passing under the
M27 and past Broadlands Lake and the
Testwood Lakes reservoirs, before joining the Test between
Totton and
Redbridge. The
Environment Agency records the length of the main river as , with an additional for the watercourse from Redlynch to the confluence north of
Hamptworth
Hamptworth is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, in the extreme southeast of the county. It is in the civil parish of Landford, and lies within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park.
Hamptworth is first mentioned in the early 13th century ...
.
Water quality
The Environment Agency measures water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of
invertebrate
Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...
s,
angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated good or fail.
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Water quality of the River Blackwater in 2019:
See also
This River Blackwater should not be confused with the
River Blackwater in north-east Hampshire, which is a tributary of the
River Loddon
The River Loddon is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises at Basingstoke in Hampshire and flows northwards for to meet the Thames at Wargrave in Berkshire. Together, the Loddon and its tributaries drain an area of .
Th ...
and (indirectly) of the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
.
Another similarly named waterway in Hampshire is Black Water, a small stream which flows eastwards across the
New Forest
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, fea ...
, passing under Rhinefield Ornamental Drive, before joining Ober Water and Highland Water just north of
Brockenhurst
Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the North East, while Bournemouth is also nearby, South West. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaul ...
to form the
Lymington River
The Lymington River drains part of the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England. Numerous headwaters to the west of Lyndhurst give rise to the river, including Highland Water, Bratley Water and Fletchers Water. From Brockenhurst the river r ...
.
References
* Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map OL22 - New Forest''. .
* Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map 131 - Romsey, Andover & Test Valley''. .
External links
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Rivers of Hampshire
Rivers of Wiltshire
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