18 June, 2006
Random queries no. 60
One of a series of genuine search engine enquiries which successfully brought visitors to the Ministry. Can I help?
how deep is River Lune
Where on the Lune? I'm afraid that's a fairly meaningless question unless a location is specified.
At it's source above Tebay, it's a few centimetres deep, and I've waded across at Arkholme, yet it's 6 m deep at Kirkby Lonsdale (considerably upstream of Arkholme) – enough for scuba diving – and the mouth of the estuary has a tidal range of up to 10 m. Until the late 18th Century, the river was navigable by large ships as far as Lancaster, but no longer.
Posted by Ministry at 18:25
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