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root "Tam", once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'. It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of
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for Plymouth is responsible for managing navigation on the River Tavy up to the normal tidal limit.
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Cardiff, United Kingdom: University of Wales Press. p. 103. 463: 299: 1508: 1386: 1366: 1354: 1304: 964: 307: 975:, about a 9-mile (14 km) journey from North Corner Quay at 1859: 1513: 1411: 1360: 1226: 1205: 2084: 1936: 1174: 303: 295: 124: 37: 968: 286: 280: 1930: 283: 277: 274: 2133:This article related to a river in England is a 2175: 397: 1166: 2158: 2112: 1916: 1152: 412: 19:"Tavy" redirects here. For other uses, see 2165: 2151: 2119: 2105: 1923: 1909: 1159: 1145: 419: 405: 384:Lopwell weir, highest point of navigation 1129:The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999 963:The river is navigable inland as far as 387: 379: 2189:River navigations in the United Kingdom 1092:. Plymouth City Council. Archived from 2176: 866: 1904: 1140: 2128: 2071: 1031: 1073:SC871 Rivers Tamar, Lynher and Tavy 13: 779: 665: 639: 619: 599: 550: 90: 65: 14: 2215: 757: 750: 728: 721: 692: 577: 570: 523: 503: 2075: 1075:(Map). Admiralty. 2000. 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Tavy (disambiguation)

Tavistock
River Tavy is located in Devon
River Tavy is located in the United Kingdom
Devon
Mouth
River Tamar
Bickleigh
50°28′N 4°09′W / 50.467°N 4.150°W / 50.467; -4.150
Collybrooke
River Walkham
River Burn
River Wallabrooke
River Lumburn
/ˈtvi/
river
Dartmoor
Devon
England
Brythonic
Mary Tavy
Peter Tavy
tributary
River Tamar
Collybrooke
River Burn
River Wallabrooke
River Lumburn
River Walkham

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