The River Roden is a river in
Shropshire
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,
England
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, which rises near
Wem Moss where the
Llangollen Canal
The Llangollen Canal () is a navigable canals of the United Kingdom, canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, S ...
passes above its headwaters. It flows southeast and meets the
River Tern at
Walcot.
Villages and towns it flows through or near to, include:
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Wem
Wem may refer to:
* HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a WWI Royal Navy minesweeper
* Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
* Wem (musician), hip hop musician
WEM may stand for:
* County Westmeath
County Westmeat ...
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Aston
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Located immediately to the north-west of Birmingham city centre, Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a wards of the United Kingdom, war ...
*
Lee Brockhurst
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Shawbury
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Roden
Roden is a name of Germanic origin, originally meaning "red valley" or an anglicization of the Gaelic name "O'Rodain". It may refer to:
Places
*Roden, Bavaria, a town in the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria, Germany
*Roden, Netherlands, a town ...
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Rodington
Wildlife
The River Roden is recognised for its abundance of wildlife. Predatory birds, foxes and other animals are common to this river and there is also a large variety of fish, including:
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Chub
Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of ray-finned fish in several families and general. In the UK, the term ''chub'' usually refers to the species '' Squalius cephalus''. In addition, see sea chub.
In family Cyprinid ...
- which are largely sought by anglers in the river
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Pike - for which the river is known
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Barbel
Barbel may refer to:
*Barbel (anatomy), a whisker-like organ near the mouth found in some fish (notably catfish, loaches and cyprinids) and turtles
*Barbel (fish), a common name for certain species of fish
**''Barbus barbus'', a species of cyprini ...
- which are unusual for a river like the Roden, although they do not grow to a large size here
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Dace
A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus''). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family Leuciscidae, mostly in subfami ...
- which are abundant in the river
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Perch
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...
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Roach
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Minnow
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genus, genera of the family Cyprinidae and in particular the subfamily Leuciscinae. They are also known in Ireland as wikt:pinkeen, pinkeens.
While ...
References
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Rivers of Shropshire
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