The River Leam () is a river in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa,
Toponymy
The name is first recorded in 956 as
Limenan, and derives from
Common Brittonic Lemanā, meaning "elm-tree river".
Tributaries
Its major tributaries are
Rains Brook, River Itchen,
River Stowe and
Radford Brook.
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Water quality
The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of , and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.[ Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.]
Water quality of the River Leam in 2019:
See also
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Rivers of the United Kingdom
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