{"id":20364,"date":"2025-11-17T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20364"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:11:53","slug":"thames-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/thames-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Thames River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A video of an Indian man washing his feet in London&#8217;s River Thames has gone viral recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Thames River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>346-km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">river that flows through <\/span><b>southern England.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>longest river in England<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>second longest in the United Kingdom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, right <\/span><b>after the River Severn.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Its source is at <\/span><b>Thames Head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near Kemble in the Cotswold Hills, <\/span><b>Gloucestershire County.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Nore <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>sandbank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that marks the mouth of the Thames Estuary and the <\/span><b>confluence point of the Thames and the North Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Thames\u2019 basin covers an area of approximately 16,130 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Thames is <\/span><b>tidal a few miles upstream from London<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Past London<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it becomes an <\/span><b>estuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Main Tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lea, Leach, Churn, Coln, Windrush, Kennet, Evenlode, Ock, and Loddon.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>River Kennet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>largest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one at 45 miles long.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river passes numerous <\/span><b>popular cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along its way, such as <\/span><b>London, Reading, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendley-on-Thomas, <\/span><b>Windsor, and Oxford,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it is a<\/span><b>lso called the Isis River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides<\/span><b> two-thirds of London\u2019s drinking water.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been a vital transportation route since ancient times, facilitating trade and commerce between London and other parts of England.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">There are <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">16 bridges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that cross the River Thames<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> in Greater London alone,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> most prominently the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Golden Jubilee Bridges <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Millennium Bridges for pedestrians<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/ganga-yamuna-wasnt-enough-indian-seen-washing-feet-in-thames-river-london-sparks-row-9644201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thames River is a 346-km river that flows through southern England. 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