Editing East Midlands (section)

===Water===
[[File:River Trent - geograph.org.uk - 684700.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The River Trent at the former [[High Marnham Power Station]], next to the 1897 [[Fledborough Viaduct]]; the power station, built in 1959, was Europe's first 1000 MW coal power station (5 x 200 MW) and consumed coal from 17 collieries; the area is the largest collection of power stations in Europe, sometimes known as ''Kilowatt Valley''.]]
The [[River Trent|Trent]] is a [[Navigability|navigable river]] used to transport goods to the [[Humber]], as well as passing by many power stations. The Trent is the only river in England able to supply cooling water for power stations for most of its length; it has the largest water capacity in England, although it is not the longest.

Several rivers in the region gave their name to early [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] jet engines, namely the [[River Nene|Nene]], the [[River Welland|Welland]], and the [[River Soar|Soar]].