River Tawe
The River Tawe is a 30-mile long river in South Wales. Its headwaters flow initially east from its source below Llyn y Fan Fawr south of Moel Feity in the Black Mountain, the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park, before the river turns south and then southwest to its estuary at Swansea.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Dylan Thomas Centre and National Waterfront Museum.
Dylan Thomas Centre
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SA1 Swansea Waterfront and St Thomas.
River Tawe
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61667° or 51° 37′ north
Longitude
-3.93194° or 3° 55′ 55″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
9C3RJ389+M6
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Tawe” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tawe”
- Breton: “Tawe”
- Cebuano: “River Tawe”
- Chinese: “塔威河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تاو”
- German: “Tawe”
- Irish: “Afon Tawe”
- Italian: “Tawe”
- Japanese: “Tawe川”
- Livvi: “Afon Tawe”
- Polish: “Tawe”
- Serbian: “Тауи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tawe”
- Slovenian: “Tawe”
- Spanish: “Río Tawe”
- Swedish: “River Tawe”
- Welsh: “Afon Tawe”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: St Thomas and Dan-y-graig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Swansea Museum and Swansea Castle.
Wales: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
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