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SOUTH DRAIN (RIVER) Latitude and Longitude:

51°10′59″N 2°54′23″W / 51.1831°N 2.9065°W / 51.1831; -2.9065
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South Drain
Location
Country England
County Somerset
District Mendip
Sedgemoor
Physical characteristics
SourceRead Mead Rhyne
 • location Street, Somerset, England
 • coordinates 51°08′02″N 2°43′53″W / 51.1339°N 2.7313°W / 51.1339; -2.7313
Mouth Huntspill River
 • location
Highbridge, Somerset, England
 • coordinates
51°10′59″N 2°54′23″W / 51.1831°N 2.9065°W / 51.1831; -2.9065
Length15 km (9.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • right Glastonbury Canal

The South Drain flows in a generally north-westerly direction from Actis Tunnel to Gold Corner, where it moves on to the Huntspill River, in Somerset, England. It flows through the Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve.

It was constructed between 1802 and 1806 as a result of the 1801 Brue Drainage Act. [1]

References

  1. ^ "South Drain - Somerset Rivers". www.somersetrivers.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2021.