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TheRiver Onny is a river inShropshire,England. It is a major tributary of theRiver Teme.
The river's name derives from Welsh and means the river on which ash trees (Welsh:onnau) grew.[1]
The river has its sources in theShropshire Hills atWhite Grit,[2] located in Mid and South-west Shropshire. It has two branches, the East Onny and West Onny, which converge at Eaton, to the east ofLydham. The River Onny then flows in a south-easterly direction, throughCraven Arms andOnibury (a village it gives its name to),[1] before it finally has its confluence with the River Teme just upstream ofLudlow atBromfield.[3] From White Grit to Bromfield, the river flows over a distance of 25 miles (40 km).[4][5]
The River Teme is itself a tributary of theRiver Severn, converging just south ofWorcester city centre. The River Severn then flows south-west meeting the sea atBristol Channel.[6]
Geologically, the Onny has the type section just west of Craven Arms of theCaradoc series of theOrdovician system and there is atrilobite genusOnnia which was first defined here.[7]
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