Crimple Beck
| Crimple Beck River Crimple | |
|---|---|
 Crimple nearPannal | |
  Location of the mouth within North Yorkshire | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | North Yorkshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Stainburn Moor |
| Mouth | |
• location | River Nidd |
• coordinates | 53°58′20″N1°23′01″W/ 53.972113°N 1.383731°W |
| Length | 24.9 km (15.5 mi) |
| Basin size | 80 km2(31 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blackstones |
| • average | 1.02 m3/s (36 cu ft/s) |
Crimple Beckor theRiver Crimpleis abeckwhich flows throughNorth Yorkshire,England. It is a tributary of theRiver Niddwhich it joins betweenLittle RibstonandWalshfordnorth ofWetherby.[2][3]The beck is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) long,[4]and has a total catchment area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi), which drains the area aroundHarrogate.Its tributaries include the Park Beck.[5]
Course
[edit]The beck rises on the flanks of Stainburn Moor nearBeckwithshawand flows in an easterly direction to join the Nor Beck before passing through the villages ofBurn BridgeandPannal.[2]It continues in a north-easterly direction, being bridged by the A61 and theCrimple Valley Viaductjust to the south of Harrogate. At the confluence with the Rud Brook it turns to the south-east, and meets the Park Brook before reachingSpofforthwhere it is bridged by the A661.[2][3]Beyond Spofforth its course continues to Blackstones where it is measured, joining the River Nidd midway betweenLittle RibstonandWalshford.[3]
Hydrology
[edit]Theflowof the beck is measured by twogauging stations,the first near Burn Bridge in its upper reaches has operated since 1972, the second near to the confluence with the Nidd, at Blackstones since 1991.[6][7]
The upper gauge at Burn Bridge, with acatchmentof 8.1 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi) yields an average flow of 0.11 cubic metres per second (3.9 cu ft/s).[8]The much larger catchment area of 76.8 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi) to the lower Blackstones gauge, recorded a correspondingly higher average flow of 1.02 cubic metres per second (36 cu ft/s).[9]
The highest river level recorded at Blackstones occurred on the 26 December 2015, with a height of 2.98 metres (9 ft 9 in).[10]The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of 752 millimetres (29.6 in) and a maximum altitude of 243 metres (797 ft) on Stainburn Moor near the source of the beck.[11]
Land use within the basin is mainly rural, consisting of grassland and arable with some woodland, and the urbanised area around Harrogate.[11]
See also
[edit]- List of rivers of Yorkshire
- List of rivers of England
- Crimplene– named after the valley
References
[edit]- ^Combined area of Crimple and Park Beck
- ^abc"Crimple Beck from Source to Park Beck".Catchment Data Explorer.Environment Agency.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^abc"Crimple Beck from Park Beck to River Nidd".Catchment Data Explorer.Environment Agency.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^Bradley, Tom (1851).The Yorkshire Anglers' Guide to the Whole of the Fishing on the Yorkshire Rivers.The author. pp. 19–20.
- ^"Park Beck Catchment (trib of Crimple Beck)".Catchment Data Explorer.Environment Agency.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^"27051 – Crimple at Burn Bridge Info".National Rivers Flow Archive.Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^"27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Info".National Rivers Flow Archive.Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^"27051 – Crimple at Burn Bridge Daily Flow Data".National Rivers Flow Archive.Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^"27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Daily Flow Data".National Rivers Flow Archive.Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^"Flood information service – GOV.UK".Retrieved21 December2016.
- ^ab"27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Catchment Info".National Rivers Flow Archive.Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.Retrieved21 December2016.
External links
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Media related toCrimple Beckat Wikimedia Commons- Crimple water levels
