River Leam

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The River Leam in Leamington Spa

The River Leam (Template:IPAc-en) is a river in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa,<ref name=ea>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> named after it. It then flows into the River Avon near Warwick, which flows into the River Severn.

Toponymy

The name is first recorded in 956 as Limenan, and derives from British Lemanā, meaning "elm-tree river".<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Tributaries

Its major tributaries are Rains Brook, River Itchen, River Stowe and Radford Brook.<ref name=ea/>

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 invertebrates, angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.</ref>

Water quality of the River Leam in 2019:

Section	Ecological Status	Chemical Status	Overall Status	Length	Catchment	Channel
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Template:Waterqual title	Template:Waterqual poor	Template:Waterqual fail	Template:Waterqual poor	Template:Convert	Template:Convert

See also

• Rivers of the United Kingdom

External links

• The Manor of Hunningham