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River Anker
Alders Mill on the River Anker near Pinwall
Course and catchment of the River Anker, shown on the eastern side of the Tame catchment
Location
CountryEngland
CountiesLeicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire
TownsNuneaton, Tamworth
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWolvey, Warwickshire
 • coordinates52°28′33″N 1°20′50″W / 52.47590°N 1.34728°W / 52.47590; -1.34728
MouthRiver Tame
 • location
Tamworth, Staffordshire
 • coordinates
52°37′53″N 1°41′52″W / 52.6315°N 1.6977°W / 52.6315; -1.6977
Length50 km (31 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationPolesworth
 • average3.2 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftPenmire Brook, Innage Brook, River Sence, Griff Brook
 • rightWem Brook, Sketchley Brook

The River Anker flows through Nuneaton, England. It is a major tributary of the River Tame, which it joins in Tamworth. The name derives from the old British for winding river.[1] From source to river mouth at Tamworth is 50 kilometres (31 mi).[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 10. OCLC 400936.
  2. ^ "Anker - source to Wem Bk". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Anker from Wem Brook to River Sence". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Anker from River Sence to River Tame". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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