River Waveney

Waveney
The River at Beccles in Suffolk
Course of the Waveney.
Location
CountryEngland
CountiesNorfolk, Suffolk
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear Redgrave, Suffolk
 • coordinates52°22′16″N 0°59′41″E / 52.3712°N 0.9946°E / 52.3712; 0.9946
 • elevation25 m (82 ft)
MouthBreydon Water
 • location
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
 • coordinates
52°34′59″N 1°38′49″E / 52.583°N 1.647°E / 52.583; 1.647
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length58.75 mi (94.55 km)
Basin size339 sq mi (880 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightRiver Dove

The River Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads. The earliest attestation of the name is from 1275, Wahenhe, from *wagen + ea, meaning the river by a quagmire.[1]

  1. ^ A.D. Mills, Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, 2003, p.486