River Tywi

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River Tywi is the longest river entirely in Wales, known for flowing through Carmarthenshire’s rural landscapes before reaching the sea at Carmarthen Bay.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
River Tywi canonical 4
Afon Tywi 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
associatedWithCountyTown Carmarthen
basinCountry United Kingdom
Wales
country Wales
countrySubdivision Ceredigion (upper catchment vicinity)
dischargesInto Bristol Channel
drainageBasin Tywi catchment
flowsDirection generally south-west
flowsInto Carmarthen Bay
flowsThrough Carmarthen
Carmarthenshire
Llandeilo
Llandovery
formsEstuaryNear Carmarthen
hasEcosystemType temperate river
hasFloodplain Tywi floodplain near Carmarthen
hasNotableFeature broad tidal estuary
meandering lower course
hasStructureOn Llyn Brianne dam
hasTributary River Bran
River Brân (Llandovery)
River Cennen
River Cothi
River Doethie
River Gwendraeth
surface form: River Gwili

River Sawdde
hasValley Tywi Valley
knownFor rural landscapes
salmon fishing
sea trout fishing
languageVariantName River Tywi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Afon Tywi

River Towy
length approximately 120 km
approximately 75 miles
locatedIn Carmarthenshire
locatedInProtectedArea Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
surface form: Brecon Beacons National Park
longestRiverEntirelyIn Wales
mouth Carmarthen Bay
partOf hydrology of Wales
passesNear Dinefwr Castle
Dryslwyn
Llanarthne
region West Wales
sourceLocation Cambrian Mountains
Llyn Brianne area
usedFor angling
recreation
water supply (via Llyn Brianne reservoir)

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Gaerfyrddin traversedByRiver River Tywi
this entity surface form: Afon Tywi
River Tywi languageVariantName River Tywi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Afon Tywi
Tywi Valley namedAfter River Tywi
Tywi Valley hasRiver River Tywi
River Towy languageVariantName River Tywi
this entity surface form: Afon Tywi