River Dee (Wales)
The River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy, Latin: Deva Fluvius) is a 70-mile (110 km) long river in the United Kingdom. It travels through Wales and England and also forms part of the border between the two countries.
The river rises in Snowdonia, Wales, flows east via Chester, England, and discharges to the sea into an estuary between Wales and the Wirral Peninsula in England.
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