River Stour, Dorset

River Stour
The Dorset Stour at Little Canford, just west of Canford Magna
Location
CountryEngland
CountyDorset, Wiltshire, Somerset
DistrictSalisbury, Somerset, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
TownsGillingham, Sturminster Newton, Blandford Forum, Wimborne Minster, Christchurch
Physical characteristics
SourceStourhead
 • locationSt Peter's Pump, Mere, Wiltshire
Mouth 
 • location
Christchurch Harbour, Christchurch, Dorset
 • coordinates
50°43′41″N 1°46′23″W / 50.72796°N 1.77295°W / 50.72796; -1.77295
Length61 mi (98 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftAllen, Moors River, River Tarrant, River Lodden
 • rightRiver Divelish, River Lydden, River Cale,

The River Stour is a 61 mi (98 km) river which flows through Wiltshire and Dorset in southern England, and drains into the English Channel. The catchment area for the river and its tributaries is listed as 480 square miles (1,240 km2).