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| River Sid | |
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 Head of goyle close to source of River Sid | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Crowpits Covert, East Devon |
| • coordinates | 50°42′00″N3°12′00″W / 50.7000°N 3.2000°W /50.7000; -3.2000 |
| • elevation | 206 m (676 ft) above sea level |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sidmouth, East Devon |
• coordinates | 50°40′20″N3°14′21″W / 50.6721°N 3.2391°W /50.6721; -3.2391 |
| Length | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
TheRiver Sid, situated inEast Devon, is often claimed to be the shortest complete river inEngland.[1] It flows for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southwards from a source in Crowpits Covert (OSGB36 Grid reference SY138963) at a height of 676 feet (206 m) above sea level.[2] Thesource is at the head of a goyle or small ravine.
The ground beneath the area is made of siltymudstones and sandstones from theTriassic period, which don’t let water pass through. On top of this are more water-permeable layers of Greensand and clay with flints. A line of springs forms where the Greensand meets the less permeable rock below.
The river flows throughSidbury andSidford toSidmouth and is fed by springs flowing from East Hill and water from the Roncombe Stream, the Snod Brook and the Woolbrook. In Sidmouth the river outflows at the Ham through a shingle bar.[3]
TheSid Vale Association, the first Civic Society in Britain (founded in 1846), is based in the Sid Vale.
50°41′N3°14′W / 50.683°N 3.233°W /50.683; -3.233
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