Thames+River

__** Thames River By Tom Lamens & Alexander Antonelli **__ ** Thames **** River ** Alexander Antonelli-Tom Lamens


 * The Thames River is the longest river in England. It runs through **** several **** major cities and farmland. Within the Thames it has more than 80 islands. It cuts a path through famous landmarks. It is the cleanest metropolitan river in the world but pollution has impacted upon it. Also the river is fresh water. **


 * The source of the Thames River is Thames Head, It runs through 13 towns and cities before ending in Thames Estuary. ** The many Towns and cities it runs through are London, Ehertesy, Staines, Winsdor, Maidenhead, Marlow, Henley, Goring, Wallingford, Abingdon, Oxford, Lechlade and Cricklade. The Length of the Thames is 346km long, the further you go downstream the width becomes wider. Within the Thames River there are 80 Islands. The Basin of the Thames is 12,935 square kilometres. The River is Tidal in London with a rise and fall of 7 metres and becomes non tidal at Teddington Lock.


 * The Thames River has a long history including famous landmarks and respectable paintings. ** The Thames has famous monuments which include the London Bridge, Wallingford Bridge at Saint Peters church just to name a few. Also the Thames River has been in different paintings including the frozen Thames made in 1677, the 19th centaury painting “Haymaking on the Thames” and a engraving by Claes Van Visscher showing the old London bridge in 1616. These paintings are very respectable because they are priceless and very fragile.


 * The Thames River is a habitat to both people, and endangered species. ** The fish in the river are dying because their habitat (the river) is becoming very dirty. This is caused because of the pollution drifting in the waterway. As we are about to tell you the pollution in the Thames is causing fish to be hurt or even die. There have been caused from some citizens of England about how they have seen dead fish floating on the top of the river and banks. How are England suppose to use this water?

The Thames River is used in ways such as sport that include rowing, sailing, skiffing, kayaking, and menders. As you can see these are all water sports and are used in many ways such as building you strength and stamina or just having fun. You also need the Thames because it is used for transportation around the river. The river not only transports people but it also delivers bulk from factories to the many towns and cities. The people that live along the river find this the most efficient way of delivery.
 * The Thames River has uses including recreational and everyday use. **


 * The Thames River is affected by different issues causing a roll on effect. ** Even though the Thames is the cleanest metropolitan river in the world, diseases have impacted on it. Some of these issues include flood which spreads pollution and pollution causes dying aquatic life, and spreads water born diseases. There have been attempts to slow these issues like the flood barrier, Volunteers to help clean the river and pollution traps scattered along the river. These are some of the major solution trying to stop diseases in the river from accelerating.