RIVER TAME, GREATER MANCHESTER

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The 'River Tame' is a river in Greater Manchester, England.

Contents
Source
Course
Mouth
See also
External links
References

Source


Rises on Denshaw Moor, close to the border with West Yorkshire

Course


It flows south through Delph, Uppermill, Mossley, Stalybridge, Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Denton and Hyde.
The section through Stalybridge was once mooted as a diversion route for the restoration of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Mouth


It joins the River Goyt at Stockport, forming the River Mersey. The Greater Manchester borough of Tameside is named after it.

See also



River Tame, West Midlands

Rivers of the United Kingdom

External links



Mersey basin

References



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