The River Leam () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through

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, including the town of

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, named after it. It then flows into the River Avon near Warwick, which flows into the

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Toponymy

The name is first recorded in 956 as ''Limenan'', and derives from British ''Lemanā'', meaning "elm-tree river".

Tributaries

Its major tributaries are Rains Brook, River Itchen, River Stowe and Radford Brook.

Water quality

The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of

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s and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright. Water quality of the River Leam in 2019:

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The Manor of Hunningham
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Toponymy

Tributaries

Water quality

See also

References

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