Trent River (Vancouver Island)
The River Trent is a river of the English Midlands, in the United Kingdom. Other rivers of the same name include: * Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada * a hamlet ''Trent River'' in the municipality of Trent Hills along Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada. * Trent River (North Carolina) in North Carolina, United States * Trent River (New Zealand) in New Zealand * Trent River (Vancouver Island) on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * River Piddle, in Dorset, England, sometimes archaically referred to as the Trent {{disambiguation fr:Rivière Trent no:Trent ...
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River Trent
The Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in the past often caused the river to change course. The river passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Rugeley, Burton upon Trent and Nottingham before joining the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea between Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire. The wide Humber estuary has often been described as the boundary between the Midlands and the north of England. Name The name "Trent" is possibly from a Romano-British word meaning "strongly flooding". More specifically, the name may be a contraction of two Romano-British words, ''tros'' ("over") and ''hynt'' ("way"). This may indeed indicate a river that is prone to flooding. However, a more likely exp ...
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