River Eden, Cumbria
| Eden Ituna (Roman name) | |
|---|---|
The Eden at Appleby-in-Westmorland | |
The River Eden is highlighted in red. | |
| Etymology | Celtic water or rushing |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Black Fell Moss, Mallerstang |
| • coordinates | 54°23′37″N 2°18′05″W / 54.3936°N 2.3014°W |
| • elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
| Mouth | Solway Firth |
• location | Bowness-on-Solway |
• coordinates | 54°57′20″N 3°19′31″W / 54.9556°N 3.3252°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 145 km (90 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Sheepmount, Carlisle |
| • average | 51.82 m3/s (1,830 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 1,700 m3/s (60,000 cu ft/s)maximum discharge in Dec 2015 |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Temple Sowerby |
| • average | 14.44 m3/s (510 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Caldew, Petteril, Eamont |
| • right | Irthing |
The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England. It rises on Black Fell Moss, near the village of Outhgill, and runs in a generally north-westerly direction through the Vale of Eden and Solway Plain before reaching the sea at the Solway Firth.