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River Avon, Devon
The
River Avon
, also known as the
River Aune
, is a
river
in the
county
of
Devon
in the south of England. It
rises
in the southern half of
Dartmoor National Park
in an area of
bog
to the west of
Ryder's Hill
. Close to where the river leaves Dartmoor a dam was built in 1957 to form the Avon reservoir (see
Dartmoor reservoirs
). After leaving the moor it passes through
South Brent
and then
Avonwick
and
Aveton Gifford
and flows into the sea at
Bigbury
on Sea. The estuary lies within the
South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
and is part of the South Devon Heritage Coast.
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