The River Ter is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...
in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
,
England
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that houses various aquatic creatures. The river rises in Stebbing Green and flowing via
Terling it joins the
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is the canalisation of the Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater in Essex, in the east of England. The navigation runs for from Springfield Basin in Chelmsford to the sea lock at Heybridge Basin near Maldon. ...
at near Rushes Lock. A small part of it, the
River Ter SSSI near
Great Leighs, has been a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1994.
Image:River ter tl718200 1.jpg, River Ter near Willows Green
See also
*
Museum of Power - Langford pumping station extracts from the Ter
References
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
Ter
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