Cound Brook

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Cound Brook
Cound Brook viewed from Longnor Bridge
Location
Country	England
County	Shropshire
Villages	Leebotwood, Longnor, Dorrington, Condover, Cantlop, Cound
Physical characteristics
Source	Stretton Hills
• location	All Stretton
• elevation	176 m (577 ft)
Mouth	River Severn
• location	Eyton on Severn
• elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Length	36 km (22 mi)from furthest source
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Row Brook, Coundmoor Brook

Cound Brook (pronounced COOnd^{[citation needed]}) is a tributary of the River Severn in Shropshire, England, running to south of the county town Shrewsbury. The Cound Brook rises in the Stretton Hills, and enters the River Severn at Eyton on Severn after winding its way for 22 miles (35 km) across the southern Shropshire-Severn plain.^[1] This length is measured from high on the Long Mynd (near Boiling Well).

The flow of the Cound Brook can vary from sluggish in a dry summer to a raging torrent in winter or spring. The river is crossed by several bridges along its route, including two historic and unusual iron bridges. Several other roads cross the river as fords. The river has breached its banks on the lower flood plain several times in the past, and is now monitored by the local rivers authority.

The river is named after Cound, the last settlement it passes through prior to the confluence with the River Severn. Conversely, one of the villages on its route, Condover, is thought to have been named after the river during the late medieval period.

The Coundmoor Brook is a smaller watercourse which flows into the Cound Brook at Cound, near its confluence with the Severn.