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River Thames: Teddington Lock
built 269 days ago
In 1979 the Thames Salmon Re-habilitation Scheme was launched in conjunction with the Thames Salmon Trust with the long term aim of restoring a self sustaining Salmon population in the River Thames. The Scheme involves fish rearing and stocking, the construction of Salmon ladders in the weirs upstream in the non-tidal Thames and a programme of evaluation. The last Salmon ladder to be built on the Thames was opened at Boulters Weir on 19 May 2000 by the Duke of Wellington. This completed the current programme and all the weirs from Teddington to Mapledurham now have ladders installed.
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Kris Cruisers operates the newest and most luxurious fleet of fully equipped luxury cruisers on the River Thames with boats sleeping between 2 and 10 people. They are available for hire from as little as a 3 or 4 night short break to one week or more. You can explore the whole 124 mile length of the River Thames from Teddington right up to Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Boating holidays have never been so good.
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Lock gates were opened on Friday in eastern China to send water from the Yellow River to the largest freshwater lake in the northern part of the country, Baiyangdian. The lake has been stricken by continuous drought and has to give up its nearest water sources to back up Beijing's water use for the upcoming Olympics. Water began to run out of the Huanghan Lock Gate in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, at 70 cubic meters per second. It will take an estimated 120 days to feed 150 million cubic meters through a 400-kilometer diversion route to Baiyangdian, said Liu Jing, a senior engineer at Shandong Yellow River Bureau. The Yellow River distribution marks the second time that the Yellow River has been diverted to ease the lake's dryness. The first instance was in November 2006, when the lake was hit by the worst drought in 50 years. China View_1/25/08
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Innumerable brooks, canals and rivers, within an area of 3,841 square miles (9,948 km²), combine to form 38 main tributaries feeding the Thames between its source and Teddington Lock, the current tidal limit. Before Teddington Lock was built in 1810-12, the river was tidal as far as Staines. The tributaries include the rivers Churn, Leach, Cole, Coln, Windrush, Evenlode, Cherwell, Ock, Thame, Pang, Kennet, Loddon, Colne, Wey and Mole. In addition there are many backwaters and distributaries and some man-made channels such as the Longford River.
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By Hampton Court Palace London is loosing its grip on the river and narrow boats start to make an appearance alongside the large sightseeing cruisers. Many of these will be travelling on the Thames and the Oxford canal, their narrow beam making them ideal for the smaller locks upstream. Often now one bank of the river will be lined with, sometimes expensive houses, although fortunatly it is rare for walkers to be excluded from both banks, although sometimes there is a feeling that owners do not really want a right of way through thier front gardens, in one a brass plaque reads "Right of way - No stopping" !
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The river is now tidal as far as Teddington, 90km upstream from the Thames estuary; but when the Romans arrived, it was probably only tidal as far as the site of Londinium (now the City of London). This may be one of the reasons why the Romans established a settlement here.
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