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The Avoca ( ga, Abhainn Abhóca) is a
R.O.I. Rivers Table 3.10 P.38
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The Avoca ( ga, Abhainn Abhóca) is a river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
in County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by ...
, Ireland
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. It is contained completely within the county. Its length is 35 miles (56.3 km).
The Avoca starts life as two rivers, the Avonmore () and the Avonbeg (). These join at a spot called the ''Meeting of the Waters'' (''Cumar an dá Uisce'') in the ''Vale of Avoca'', which is considered a local beauty spot, and was celebrated by Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...
in his song of the same name.
The village of Avoca is situated on the river.
The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea
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at Arklow
Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 re ...
where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name ''an t-Inbhear Mór'' (the big inlet).
The catchment area of the Avoca is 652 km2.
The long term average flow rate of the Avoca is 20.2 cubic metres per second (m3/s)
Name
The Avoca was originally called Abhainn Mhór / Abhainn Dé (great river/God's river); the present name was derived from ''Oboka'' (), the name of a river inPtolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...
's ''Geography
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'', which was thought to correspond to the Avoca (Ovoca). ''Oboka'' more likely refers to the Liffey.
Industry
The valley of the Avoca has a large copper mine, and further downstream was the NET fertiliser factory (closed since 2002). These are said to have contributed greatly to pollution in the lower reaches of the river.Transport
Therailway line
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from Dublin
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to Rosslare also passes along the Vale of Avoca, cutting inland from its mainly coastal route and the R752 road R75 may refer to:
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* R-75 (''Stargate''), a fictional alien race in ''Stargate''
* BMW R75
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tightly follows the west bank of the Avoca from ''The Meetings'' to Arklow.
See also
*Rivers of Ireland
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Notes
*External links
R.O.I. Rivers Table 3.10 P.38
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