Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dee

Dee.-- river, N. Wales and Cheshire; issues from Lake Bala, Merioneth, and flows NE., N., and NW. to the Irish Sea 20 miles below Chester; is 90 miles long, including an estuary of 13 miles; an artificial cut (7 miles) runs from Chester to the upper part of estuary.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Merionethshire Ancient County

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