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The River Cynon () in is a main tributary of the . Its source is the rising of Llygad Cynon (OS grid ref SN 95240 07740) at above sea level at Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf and flows roughly southeast, into the Taff at in the same district. The water emerging at Llygad Cynon has been traced back to the of the Nant Cadlan at Ogof Fawr.


Course
The Nant Cadlan and its tributary the Ceunant Du rise on the slopes of to the northeast of Penderyn flowing initially southeast and then south on the east side of the village to the point where the Cynon arises, adding to the flow emerging from the rising. The waters of the Nant y Bwllfa enter the Cynon as a left-bank tributary between Penderyn and . Downstream, the course of the river has been altered at the former Hirwaun Ironworks. The combined flow of the Nant Hir and Nant Melyn enter the river to the north of and that of the Nant y Gwyddel to the east of Penywaun. The Dare River enters as a right bank tributary at and the Aman River at . The final tributary of any size is the Nant Pennar which enters on the Cynon's left bank at Mountain Ash (Welsh: Aberpennar).
(2025). 9780319240533, Ordnance Survey.
(2025). 9780319240304, Ordnance Survey.


Hydronymy
The name is recorded as Canan in 1253 and Kenon in 1536-9, with the final vowel pronounced with an ə sound.
(2025). 9781800992399, Y Lolfa.
While Thomas Morgan stated that the name was a compound of the elements "cyn" (meaning chief) and "ain" (water or brook), giving a meaning of the "chief brook", modern writers more commonly state that the river derives from a personal name, Cynan or Cynon.
(2025). 9780199609086, Oxford University Press. .
This is also the preferred derivation for the Ffrwd Cynon, a tributary of the . However, no has been identified for either river.


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Together with two neighbouring rivers, it gives its name to a local authority, with unitary status, Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The valley, broadly defined as the bulk of the is detailed in .

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