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Exe Head

River Exe
River
Exe estuary from balloon.jpg
The Exe Estuary from a balloon over Exeter. The M5 motorway is in the foreground, Topsham on the left bank just beyond, and Exmouth at the river mouth opposite Dawlish Warren.
Country England
Counties Devon, Somerset
Tributaries
 - left River Haddeo, River Culm, River Clyst
 - right River Barle, River Creedy
City Exeter
Source Exe Head
 - location near Simonsbath, Somerset, England
 - elevation 440 m (1,444 ft)
 - coordinates 51°09′33″N 3°47′12″W / 51.15917°N 3.78667°W / 51.15917; -3.78667
Mouth Lyme Bay
 - location English Channel
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 50°36′53″N 3°25′30″W / 50.61472°N 3.42500°W / 50.61472; -3.42500Coordinates: 50°36′53″N 3°25′30″W / 50.61472°N 3.42500°W / 50.61472; -3.42500
Discharge for Thorverton
 - average 15.89 m3/s (561 cu ft/s)
 - max 492.6 m3/s (17,396 cu ft/s) 4 December 1960
 - min 0.44 m3/s (16 cu ft/s) 27 August 1976
Discharge elsewhere (average)
 - Stoodleigh 12.41 m3/s (438 cu ft/s)
 - Pixton 4.47 m3/s (158 cu ft/s)

The River Exe (/ˈɛks/ EKS) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, 8.4 kilometres (5 mi) from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 miles (96 km) and reaches the sea at a substantial ria, the Exe Estuary, on the south (English Channel) coast of Devon. Historically, its lowest bridging point was at Exeter, though there is now a viaduct for the M5 motorway about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the city centre.

The river's name is an anglicisation of the Latin isca, itself a modified form of a Brittonic root meaning "water" or, more exactly, "abounding in fish". (The same root separately developed into the English Axe and Esk, the Welsh Usk, and the Scottish whisky.) It seems to be a cognate of pysg (pl. of pysgod), the Welsh word for 'fish'. The river gave the name of Exeter ("fortress on the Exe") and many other settlements along its course, including Exford, Up Exe, Nether Exe, Exwick, Exton, Exminster, and Exebridge, where it is joined by the River Barle. The seaside town of Exmouth is at the east side of the estuary mouth, and Dawlish Warren is at the west, with its long sand spit extending across the mouth.


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