Long Eau
Long Eau at Carlton Grange
The Long Eau is a river in Lincolnshire, England, rising from the Chalk Streams of the Lincolnshire Wolds and joining its companion stream, the Great Eau south of Saltfleetby All Saints.[1]
The Long Eau drains a small catchment of 22.3 km2.[2]
The placename element Eau for a river is common in Lincolnshire and comes not from the French, but from Old English Ea - a river, related to modern Germanic Aa.[3]
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- ↑ "Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau CAMS area overview". The Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy. Environment Agency. January 2007. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2013. (map)
- ↑ "Long Eau". Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ Partridge, Eric (5 Sep 1977). Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Routledge. p. 129. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
External links
- "Chalk Streams". Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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Coordinates: 53°22′54″N 0°11′46″E / 53.3816°N 0.1960°E