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Thames (river) |
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Lat: 51 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 000 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Rises in four headstreams in Cotswold Hills; flows S & E through Greater London to North Sea; navigable as far as Lechlade; upper part is used mostly for fishing & pleasure; since 1960s, efforts have begun to control pollution & flooding. |
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Thames (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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River Thames (C,V,English,U)
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Thames, River (NA,V,English,U)
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Isis (NA,V,English,U)
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Tamensim (H,O)
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Tamesa (H,O)
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Tamesis (H,O)
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Tamisa (H,O)
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Thames (river) (P) |
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