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River Terrig

Coordinates: 53°8′56.929″N 3°6′1.595″W / 53.14914694°N 3.10044306°W / 53.14914694; -3.10044306
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Terrig
The Terrig near Leeswood Old Hall.
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EtymologyFrom Welsh terydd, "swift", or terig, "violent, harsh"
Native nameAfon Terrig (Welsh)
Location
CountryWales
CountiesDenbighshire, Flintshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLlyn Cyfynwy, near Graianrhyd, Denbighshire
 • coordinates53°4′58.28″N 3°10′13.49″W / 53.0828556°N 3.1704139°W / 53.0828556; -3.1704139
 • elevation370 m (1,210 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
confluence with River Alyn, Flintshire
 • coordinates
53°8′56.929″N 3°6′1.595″W / 53.14914694°N 3.10044306°W / 53.14914694; -3.10044306
 • elevation
95 m (312 ft)

The River Terrig (Welsh: Afon Terrig) is a small river in north-east Wales.

The river rises at Llyn Cyfynwy near Graianrhyd village in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire, about three miles from the source of the River Alyn.[1] It then flows northwards and eastwards, forming the boundary between the old parishes of Nercwys and Treuddyn. At Nant-y-Mynydd it is joined by several small springs from Mynydd Ddu, and finally itself joins the River Alyn at Pontblyddyn, Flintshire.[1]

The Terrig is a habitat for brown trout. Its name is derived from its rapid flow after times of heavy rain; Thomas Pennant, in his Tours in Wales, described it as "the Terrig, or the violent, [...] often of a tremendous swell and fury".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cambridge County Geographies: Flintshire, Cambridge University Press, p.25
  2. ^ Pennant, T. Tours in Wales, Volume 2, Wilkie and Robinson, 1810, p.44