The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands (forming a once significant boundary between the north and south of England) until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.
The Trent is unusual amongst English rivers in that it flows north (for the second half of its route), and in exhibiting a tidal bore, the "Trent Aegir". The area drained by the river includes most of the northern Midlands.
Read more about River Trent: Name, Prehistory, Migration of Course in Historic Times, History of Navigation, Navigation Today, Trent Aegir, The Literal North/South Divide, Pollution, Places Along The Trent, Tributaries
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