River Erme | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Counties | Devon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Dartmoor |
Mouth | English Channel |
• location | Mothecombe |
• coordinates | 50°18′29″N 3°57′03″W / 50.3080°N 3.9509°W |
Discharge | |
• location | Ermington |
• average | 1.95 m3/s (69 cu ft/s) |
The Erme is a river in south Devon, England. From its source on Dartmoor it flows in a generally southerly direction past some of the best-preserved archaeological remains on the moor. It leaves the moor at the town of Ivybridge and continues southward, passing the settlements of Ermington, Modbury and Holbeton. Near Holbeton it becomes a ria and empties into the English Channel in Bigbury Bay, between the rivers Yealm and Avon.