River Otter, Devon
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Not to be confused with River Ottery.
The River Otter is a river that rises in the Blackdown Hills just inside the county of Somerset, England near Otterford, then flows south through East Devon.[3] It enters the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Permian and Triassic sandstone aquifer in the Otter Valley is one of Devon's largest groundwater sources, supplying drinking water to 200,000 people.
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River Otter | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Counties | Somerset, Devon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England |
• elevation | 275 m (902 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 44 km (27 mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Dotton |
• average | 3.12 m3/s (110 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 0.46 m3/s (16 cu ft/s)(24 August 1976) |
• maximum | 346.7 m3/s (12,240 cu ft/s)(11 July 1968) |
Discharge | |
• location | Fenny Bridges |
• average | 2.13 m3/s (75 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | River Tale[1] |
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