Editing Yorkshire (section)

===Rivers===
[[File:Yorkshire-Drainage.jpg|thumb|right|The main rivers of Yorkshire]]
Yorkshire is drained by several rivers. In western and central Yorkshire the many rivers flow into the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] which reaches the North Sea via the [[Humber Estuary]].<ref name="rivers">{{cite book | year = 1992 | title = Yorkshire Rivers: A Canoeists Guide | publisher= Menasha Ridge Press | isbn = 978-1-871890-16-7 |author1=British Canoe Union, Yorkshire |author2=Humberside Region, Access and Recreation Committees |author3=prepared by Mike Twiggs |author4=David Taylor |name-list-style=amp }}</ref> The most northerly of the rivers in the Ouse system is the [[River Swale]], which drains [[Swaledale]] before passing through [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] and meandering across the [[Vale of Mowbray]]. Next, draining [[Wensleydale]], is the [[River Ure]], which the Swale joins east of [[Boroughbridge]]. Near [[Great Ouseburn]] the Ure is joined by the small Ouse Gill Beck, and below the confluence the river is known as the Ouse. The [[River Nidd]] rises on the edge of the [[Yorkshire Dales National Park]] and flows along [[Nidderdale]] before reaching the [[Vale of York]] and the Ouse.<ref name="rivers" /> The [[River Wharfe]], which drains [[Wharfedale]], joins the Ouse upstream of [[Cawood]].<ref name="rivers" /> The Rivers [[River Aire|Aire]] and [[River Calder, West Yorkshire|Calder]] are more southerly contributors to the River Ouse and the most southerly Yorkshire tributary is the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]], which flows northwards to join the main river at [[Goole]]. Further north and east the [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]] rises on the North York Moors, flows south then westwards through the [[Vale of Pickering]] then turns south again to drain the eastern part of the Vale of York. It empties into the River Ouse at [[Barmby on the Marsh]].<ref name="rivers" />

In the far north of the county the River Tees flows eastwards through [[Teesdale]] and empties its waters into the North Sea downstream of [[Middlesbrough]]. The smaller [[River Esk, North Yorkshire|River Esk]] flows from west to east at the northern foot of the North York Moors to reach the sea at [[Whitby]].<ref name="rivers" /> To the east of the Yorkshire Wolds the [[River Hull]] flows southwards to join the Humber Estuary at [[Kingston upon Hull]].

The western Pennines are drained by the [[River Ribble]] which flows westwards, eventually reaching the [[Irish Sea]] close to [[Lytham St Annes]].<ref name="rivers" />

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| image1            = Upper Nidderdale.JPG
| caption1          = [[Nidderdale]],<br />[[Yorkshire Dales]]
| image2            = Sea on the rocks - geograph.org.uk - 386067.jpg
| caption2          = Cliffs at [[Whitby, North Yorkshire|Whitby]]
| image3            = Ilkley Moor - geograph.org.uk - 1332313.jpg
| caption3          = [[Ilkley Moor]]
| image4            = Kilnsea's Mudflats - geograph.org.uk - 914562.jpg
| caption4          = [[Kilnsea]],<br />[[Humber Estuary]]
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