River Meon | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
County | Hampshire |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Meon Spring |
• location | East Meon, Hampshire, England |
• coordinates | 50°58′43″N 1°01′30″W / 50.9785°N 1.0249°W |
• elevation | 120 metres (390 ft) |
Mouth | Hill Head Harbour |
• location | The Solent, Hampshire, England |
• coordinates | 50°49′06″N 1°14′35″W / 50.8183°N 1.2430°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
Length | 34 km (21 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Mislingford |
• average | 0.98 m3/s (35 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 0.06 m3/s (2.1 cu ft/s)5 August 1976 |
• maximum | 11.0 m3/s (390 cu ft/s)1 January 2003 |
The River Meon (/ˈmiːɒn/) is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England. It rises at East Meon then flows 34 km (21 mi) in a generally southerly direction to empty into the Solent at Hill Head near Stubbington.[1] Above Wickham, the river runs through the South Downs National Park.