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The River Wandle is a river in England, approximately 26.7km in length and unusually steep for its size. It has two main sources: the North Downs north of Croydon and a secondary source in Carshalton. It ultimately joins the Thames passing through the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton, and Wandsworth. Its name is thought to have derived from the Saxon "Wendlesworth" meaning "Wendle's Settlement".

The river has been in use since Roman times and was heavily industrialised in the 17th and 18th century (the industrial revolution) at one point being one of the most polluted rivers of the period. The main industries of the period are tobaccoacuminata N. alata N. attenuata N. bigelovil N. clevelandii N. debneyi N. excelsior N. exigua N. forgetiana N. glutinosa N. kawakamii N. knightiana N. langsdorffii N. longiflora N. obtusifolia N. otephora N. paniculata N. plumbagifolia N. quadrivalvis N. and textiles. Subsequent cleanups have lead to a dramatic improvement in water quality leading to a return of the river's once famous brown troutThis article is about fish. The Trout Quintet is a work by Schubert. Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae''. All fish properly called trout.

The predominant geologyGeology (from Greek γ&eta ge "the earth") and λογος logos "word", "reason")) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. Geolog of the area is chalkChalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcium carbonate. It is relatively resistant to erosion and slumping compared to the clays that it is usually associated with, and so forms tall steep cliffs where chalk ridges meet and London clay.

The river is heavily managed with artificial channels, runoff ditches and subterranean stretches.

Its main claim to literary fame is the appearance of one of its tributaries the River MoleThe River Mole is a river in Southern England, rising in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flowing north into the River Thames at Molesey. It is named because in several places between Dorking and Leatherhead it flows underground. In dry summers sectio in Winnie the Pooh.

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It also appears in Michael De Larrabeiti's Borrible books published in the 1980's.



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