Rivers. | Length | Drainage |
| | Miles. | Area sq. m.|
+---------------------------+--------+------------+
| 1. North-east-- | | |
| Tweed[5] | 97 | 1870 |
| Tyne | 80 | 1130 |
| Wear | 60 | 458 |
| Tees | 85 | 708 |
| | | |
| 2. East-- | | |
| Humber system[6] | .. | 9293 |
| Witham | 80 | 1079 |
| Welland | 70 | 760 |
| Nene | 90 | 1077 |
| Ouse (Great) | 160 | 2607 |
| Yare | 60 | 880 |
| Stour (Suffolk-Essex) | 60 | 407 |
| Thames[7] | 209 | 5924 |
| | | |
| 3. South-- | | |
| Stour (Kent) | 40 | 370 |
| Rother | 32 | 312 |
| Arun | 43 | 370 |
| Avon (Hampshire) | 60 | 1132 |
| Exe | 55 | 584 |
| Tamar | 58 | 384 |
| | | |
| 4. Bristol Channel | | |
| (south-west)-- | | |
| Torridge | 45 | 336 |
| Taw | 48 | 455 |
| Parrett | 37 | 562 |
| Severn[8] [9] | 210 | 6850 |
| Usk[9] | 70 | 540 |
| | | |
| 5. North-west-- | | |
| (a) Cheshire-Lancashire--| | |
| Dee[9] | 70 | 813 |
| Mersey[10] | 70 | 1596 |
| Ribble | 65 | 585 |
| (b) Solway-- | | |
| Eden | 70 | 1300 |
+---------------------------+--------+------------+

A great extent of the English coast is constantly undergoing visible
alteration, the sea in some instances receding from the land, and in
others