River Fane

The River Fane (Irish: Abhainn Átha Féan) is a river flowing from Co. Monaghan to Dundalk Bay in Co. Louth, Ireland.

River Fane
Lough Ross, source of the Fane
EtymologyPerhaps "river of the ford of carts"
Native nameAbhainn Átha Féan
Location
CountryIreland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLough Ross, County Monaghan–Armagh
Mouth 
 • location
Irish Sea via Dundalk Bay
Length61.56 kilometres (38.25 mi)
Basin size350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average15.39 m3/s (543 cu ft/s)[1]

Course
Estuary of the Fane

Originating in Lough Ross on the border of County Monaghan and County Armagh, and so of Ireland and Northern Ireland,[2] the Fane flows east towards Dundalk Bay, straddling the border between Counties Monaghan, Louth and Armagh flowing through Inniskeen, Knockbridge, before meeting Dundalk Bay near Blackrock, County Louth.

The Fane River is 38.25 miles long and drains an area of 350 km2[3]

Water extraction

The Fane is, through the Cavan Hill pumping station, a major source of fresh water for Dundalk and the surrounding area in northern Louth.

Pollution

Runoff from illegal fuel laundering operations, carried out in the region, is a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which have severely affected Atlantic salmon stocks in the region.[4]

See also

References
  1. http://www.cfram.ie/otherprojects/IBE0700Rp0008_UoM06%20Hydrology%20Report_F02.pdf
  2. "Fly fishing in Dundalk. Salmon and trout fishing". Eastern Regional Fisheries Board. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  3. Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
  4. Jim Cusack (3 January 2016). "Provo diesel pollution wiping out salmon". Irish Independent.


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