River Great Ouse
Bedfordshire's major river
The River Great Ouse is a major river in eastern England, flowing about 150 miles from Northamptonshire through Buckingham, Bedford, and Huntingdon before emptying into the North Sea at The Wash.
The name Ouse derives from a Celtic word for water.
We punted on the Great Ouse near Ely.
- BedfordPlace name, several locations
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- aquatic habitatsWater-based living spaces
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