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the village of
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It is sometimes thought that the town of
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There is little or no surface water in prolonged dry periods as the downstream springs have lowered the level of the water-table. However, when the underlying aquifers are full, the rain runs off and the stream system starts to function.
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Over the centuries various cartographers and chroniclers have suggested a variety of sources for the Ems. According to research by David J. Rudkin the River Ems has its source about one and a half miles (2 km) east of
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The Emille cometh first between Racton and
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This page is about a small river that borders the counties of West Sussex and
Hampshire in England. For the river in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands see
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lower tides it helps forms at the head of
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Anthony (1864). Mark Antony Lower (ed.).
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503:Main rivers
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246:Rudkin 1984
210:Rudkin 1984
98:South Downs
50:West Sussex
33:River Ems,
18:Ems (river)
930:Categories
896:The Solent
833:Fleet Pond
707:River Meon
687:Dark Water
672:River Avon
667:Avon Water
660:All others
606:Blackwater
593:River Test
573:River Alre
548:Cove Brook
534:River Hart
524:Blackwater
427:50°54′13″N
282:Reger 1967
270:Lower 1864
192:References
152:Westbourne
35:Westbourne
22:Ems (Eder)
692:River Ems
631:River Wey
621:River Dun
555:Bow Brook
495:Hampshire
491:Hydrology
430:0°51′08″W
413:499701376
358:"The Ems"
328:24 August
304:Citations
141:Etymology
106:Walderton
78:Stoughton
58:Hampshire
42:River Ems
349:10105970
161:—
102:Emsworth
71:Sources
54:England
917:Canals
913:Rivers
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