River Rea (Birmingham)

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river urban watercourse

The River Rea is a small urban watercourse flowing through Birmingham, England, historically significant in the city’s industrial development and now largely culverted and managed within the modern urban landscape.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rea Valley in south Birmingham 1
River Rea (Birmingham) canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
urban watercourse ⓘ
associatedWith Rea Valley Route walking and cycling path ⓘ
surface form: Rea Valley Cycle Route

Rea Valley Route ⓘ
basinCountry England ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Gravelly Hill ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedBy numerous road bridges in Birmingham ⓘ
environmentalStatus urban watercourse with modified channel ⓘ
etymology name believed to derive from an Old English word for ‘boundary’ or ‘flow’ ⓘ
flowsThrough Birmingham city centre ⓘ
Digbeth ⓘ
Kings Norton ⓘ
Longbridge ⓘ
Northfield ⓘ
Stirchley ⓘ
hasFloodRiskManagement flood alleviation schemes in Birmingham ⓘ
hasUrbanCharacter true ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to Birmingham’s early industrial development ⓘ
historicalUse power source for industry ⓘ
water supply for mills ⓘ
length approximately 14 miles ⓘ
approximately 22 kilometres ⓘ
localAuthority Birmingham City Council ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
management largely managed within an urban drainage system ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse River Tame ⓘ
nearbyLandUse industrial areas ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
notableSection River Rea (Birmingham) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rea Valley in south Birmingham

open channel through Digbeth ⓘ
partlyCulverted true ⓘ
passesNear Birmingham Back to Backs area ⓘ
Birmingham Coach Station ⓘ
passesUnder Birmingham city centre roads ⓘ
region West Midlands ⓘ
surface form: West Midlands conurbation
riverSystem Humber river system ⓘ
River Trent valley ⓘ
surface form: River Trent basin
sourceLocation Waseley Hills ⓘ
near Waseley Hills Country Park ⓘ
tributaryOf River Tame ⓘ
waterManagementAuthority Environment Agency (England) ⓘ
surface form: Environment Agency

Referenced by (2)

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

Severn River system → includesTributary → River Rea (Birmingham) ⓘ
River Rea (Birmingham) → notableSection → River Rea (Birmingham) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rea Valley in south Birmingham