| West Lyn River | |
| River | |
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Glen Lyn Gorge
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| Country | England |
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| County | Somerset |
| Source | |
| - location | Benjamy, The Chains, Somerset, England |
| - elevation | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Secondary source | Barbrook |
| - location | near Ilkerton Ridge, Devon, England |
| - elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Mouth | Lynmouth |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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The West Lyn is a river which rises high in Exmoor, Somerset, and joins the East Lyn at Lynmouth in Devon.
The upper reaches have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of the geomorphological landforms created in the 1952 flood.[1]
The lower reaches of the river towards Lynmouth are known as the Glen Lyn Gorge. This has been turned into a tourist attraction, which includes a museum about the water cycle and the floods of 1952 and a small hydroelectric plant has been installed.
Water is piped from the river to be used as the power source for the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which is a water-balance funicular railway.
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