| 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 |
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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.
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ^ Clarke, John Wedgwood (13 March 2022). "Cornwall's Red River". Cornwall's Red River. BBC 4. Retrieved 3 February 2023.