The following table gives the area and length of some of the chief rivers of England:—

North-East of England.
Area.
Miles.		 Length.
Miles.
Coquet240 40 
Wansbeck126 22 
Blyth131 16 
Tyne1,130 34 
Wear456 45 
Tees708 79 
Esk147 21 
Humber10,500 ·· 
Hull364 20 
Foulness133 14 
Derwent794 64 
Ouse1,842 40 
Aire and Calder815 78 
Don682 57 
Trent4,052 147 
Ancholme244 25 
Ludd139 7 
Withern Eau189 13 
East Anglian Rivers.
Area.
Miles.		 Length.
Miles.
Bure348 45 
Yare880 48 
Blyth79 17 
Alde109 24 
Deben153 27 
Orwell171 16 
Stour407 45 
Colne192 24 
Crouch181 15 
Roding317 33 
Other Rivers.
Area.
Miles.		 Length.
Miles.
Witham1,079 40 
Welland760 42 
Nene1,077 100 
Great Ouse2,667 143 
Wissey, or Stoke  243 28 
Nar, or Setchy131 25 

Many of the above rivers are not navigable for vessels of any size, and are therefore not of much value to the transportation resources of the country. In the majority of cases, also, the character of the waterways, as regards locality, water-supply, &c., would not justify any large expenditure in adapting them for purposes of transport.

FOOTNOTES
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[29] a.d. 1661, Anno. 14 Car. Reg. ii.

[30] 7 and 8 Gul. III.

[31] Papers relating to the History and Navigation of the Rivers Wye and Lug. By John Lloyd, junr.

[32] Andrew Yarranton was born in the parish of Astley, Worcestershire, in the year 1616. He wrote a work which is well known to economists, entitled ‘England’s Improvement by Land and Sea, or How to beat the Dutch without Fighting,’ describing observations that he had made during his travels in Holland, Saxony, and other countries.