The River Laver is a tributary of the

River Skell The River Skell is a tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England. Its source is in boggy ground on moorland north of Pateley Bridge. For its first the river is known as Skell Beck. Descending from the moor the river enters Sk ...

, itself a tributary of the River Ure in

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, England. The name is of Brittonic origin, from ''labaro'', meaning "talkative", i.e. a babbling brook. The

Afon Llafar : ''For the river which flows into Bala Lake see Afon Llafar (Dee)'' Afon Llafar is a river in the Carneddau, Snowdonia. It rises where many streams flow down the slopes of Yr Elen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd to join together in the va ...

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shares the same name. The Laver is noted as a

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river, especially for

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and

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Course

The river has its origins in a number of small streams which rise on the moors between upper Nidderdale and Kirkby Malzeard. The two largest of these streams, North Gill Beck and South Gill Beck, meet in a narrow wooded valley at

Dallowgill Dallowgill (historically also Dallaghill) is a village in Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a number of scattered settlements in the western part of the civil parish of Laverton, North Yorkshire, Laverton. Histor ...

to form the River Laver. The river continues to flow through a narrow wooded valley, before broadening at Laverton. The riverbanks again become densely wooded near

Winksley Winksley is a small village and civil parish in the district of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Ripon, and is on the River Laver, which flows into the River Skell (a tributary of the River Ure) just outside Ripon. ...

, then become more open and shallow as the river approaches Ripon. The river joins the River Skell at the western edge of

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...

Hydrology

The flow of the River Laver has been measured at a weir in Ripon, near to its confluence with the Skell since 1977. The thirty seven year record shows that the

catchment A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the ...

of to the gauging station yields an average flow of . In June 2007 the highest river level of over the weir was recorded, which was estimated to have a flow of .

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Laver Laver may refer to: * Laver (surname), a list of people with the name * Laver (ghost town), Sweden * Green laver, a type of edible green seaweed used to make laverbread * River Laver, a river in North Yorkshire, England * Lavatorium, a washing fa ...