Red River | |
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Native name | Dowr Koner (Cornish) |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Region | Cornwall |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Bolenowe |
• coordinates | 50°11′32″N 5°15′20″W / 50.19222°N 5.25556°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Godrevy, St Ives Bay |
• coordinates | 50°13′42″N 5°22′59″W / 50.22833°N 5.38306°W |
Length | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Tehidy Stream |
The Red River (Cornish: Dowr Koner)[1] is a small river in north-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom which issues into St Ives Bay at Godrevy on Cornwall's Atlantic coast.[2] The Red River was given its name from the mineral deposits associated with tin mining, particularly oxides of Iron, which formerly coloured its water red.[3] The river's gradient is relatively steep; over its 8 miles (13 km) length, it falls 170 metres (560 ft) from source to sea.