For other rivers named "Severn", see
Severn River. The River Severn (
Welsh: Afon
Hafren,
Latin: Sabrina) is the longest
river in
Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on
Plynlimon near
Llanidloes, in the
Cambrian Mountains,
Mid Wales, and it passes through a number of English counties, with the
county towns of
Shrewsbury,
Worcester, and
Gloucester located on its banks. With an average discharge of 107 m³/s at
Apperley,
Gloucestershire, the Severn is
England's greatest river in terms of water flow, and is considered one of the ten major rivers of the
United Kingdom.
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