River Lea

The River Lea is a river in the and . It originates in , in the , and flows southeast through , along the border and into , to meet the at Bow Creek.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in southern England
  • Also known as: “River Lee” and “Лі (прыток Тэмзы)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Canning Town station and Star Lane DLR station.

Railway station
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Canning Town is an interchange station located in , London.

Railway station
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Star Lane is a Docklands Light Railway station in , east .

Theater building
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, locally referred to as The O2…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bow Locks and Canning Town.

Locality
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No. 20 is a set of bi-directional locks…

Suburb
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is a district of the…

Locality
is a small body of water that used…

River Lea

Latitude
51.51728° or 51° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
0.00063° or 0° 0′ 2″ east
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9F32G282+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 59041962
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2644762
Wiki­data ID
Q10675
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“River Lea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر ليا”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Lea”
  • Basque: “Lea (Ingalaterrako ibaia)”
  • Basque: “Lea”
  • Belarusian: “Лі”
  • Cebuano: “River Lea”
  • Chinese: “利河 (英格蘭)”
  • Chuvash: “Ли (Темза юппи”
  • Danish: “Lea”
  • Dutch: “Lea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليا”
  • Finnish: “Lea”
  • French: “Lea”
  • German: “Lea”
  • German: “River Lea”
  • Hebrew: “לי”
  • Hindi: “ली नदी”
  • Italian: “Lea”
  • Japanese: “リー川”
  • Korean: “리강”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lee i England”
  • Norwegian: “Lee”
  • Persian: “رود لی”
  • Polish: “Lea”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Lea”
  • Russian: “Ли (приток Темзы)”
  • Russian: “Ли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lea”
  • Slovenian: “Lea”
  • Spanish: “Lea”
  • Spanish: “Río Lea”
  • Swedish: “Lea”
  • Turkish: “Lea Nehri”
  • Urdu: “دریائے لی (انگلینڈ)”
  • Urdu: “دریائے لی”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Lea”
  • Vietnamese: “River Lea”
  • Welsh: “Afon Lea”

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