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The River Taw is one of two major rivers in north Devon. It rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor. Then it crosses north Devon and runs close to the sea at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port. Then it empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel. It has a large estuary of wide meanders which is joined by the estuary of the Torridge.

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  • The River Taw at Umberleigh - geograph.org.uk - 62000

    The River Taw at Umberleigh

  • River Taw meander - geograph.org.uk - 184574

    A meander on an uppermost reach of River Taw

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