River Meon
River Meon Spring
Location
Country	England
County	Hampshire
Physical characteristics
Source	Meon Spring
• location	East Meon,Hampshire,England
• coordinates	50°58′43″N1°01′30″W / 50.9785°N 1.0249°W /50.9785; -1.0249
• elevation	120 metres (390 ft)
Mouth	Hill Head Harbour
• location	The Solent,Hampshire,England
• coordinates	50°49′06″N1°14′35″W / 50.8183°N 1.2430°W /50.8183; -1.2430
• elevation	0 metres (0 ft)
Length	34 km (21 mi)
Discharge
• location	Mislingford
• average	0.98 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0.06 m3/s (2.1 cu ft/s)5 August 1976
• maximum	11.0 m3/s (390 cu ft/s)1 January 2003

TheRiver Meon (/ˈmiːɒn/) is achalk stream inHampshire in the south of England. It rises atEast Meon then flows 34 km (21 mi) in a generally southerly direction to empty into theSolent atHill Head nearStubbington.^[1] AboveWickham, the river runs through theSouth Downs National Park.

The River Meon rises one mile (1.6 km) south of the village centre of East Meon. It flows due north, then northwest toWest Meon, and southwest toWarnford followed by its characteristic, quite straight, south-southwest course, with many tiny wobbles in short stretches. The river descends through the villages ofExton,Corhampton andMeonstoke,Droxford,Wickham, andTitchfield. The river outflows over 2 miles (3.2 km) of estuary through the marshes of theTitchfield Haven National Nature Reserve to enter theSolent through a small harbour atHill Head.^[2] Overall the valley forms the shape of that of a shepherd's crook.

Above the estuary has never been navigable. Titchfield Haven, on the Solent coast was a minor harbour. In the 17th century, theEarl of Southampton caused a sluice (not acanal) to be built (Titchfield Canal) to drain the marshes. The reinstated wetlands form theTitchfield Haven National Nature Reserve.^[1]

The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties ofinvertebrates,angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated good or fail.^[3]

Water quality of the River Meon in 2019:

• Meonwara - The people who lived in the Meon Valley during the Anglo-Saxon period.

• Ordnance Survey National Grid:SU 685 203 (source),SU 534 023 (mouth)
• Current flood status for River Meon, from theEnvironment Agency

• Rivers of Hampshire

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