River Tyne
| River Tyne | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| County | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | South Tyne |
| • location | Alston Moor, Cumbria, England |
| 2nd source | North Tyne |
| • location | Deadwater Fell, Kielder, Northumberland, England |
| Mouth | Tynemouth |
• location | Tynemouth, North Tyneside, England |
• coordinates | 55°0′37″N 1°25′8″W / 55.01028°N 1.41889°W |
| Length | 118 km (73 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,933 km2 (1,132 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bywell |
| • average | 44.6 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Derwent, River Team, River Don |
| • right | Ouse Burn |
The River Tyne /ˈtaɪn/ ⓘ is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is 73 miles (118 km). It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.
The Tyne Rivers Trust measure the whole Tyne catchment as 2,936 km2 (1,134 square miles), containing 4,399 km (2,733 miles) of waterways.