10-505: Crimple Beck or the River Crimple is a beck which flows through North Yorkshire , England. It is a tributary of the River Nidd which it joins between Little Ribston and Walshford north of Wetherby . The beck is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) long, and has a total catchment area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi), which drains the area around Harrogate . Its tributaries include
20-642: A more general term for streams in Yorkshire, Cumbria, south Durham and north Lancashire – examples include Ais Gill Beck , Arkle Beck and Peasey Beck . There are also examples in Norfolk , including Hagon Beck , Scarrow Beck and Gur Beck . In the North Pennines , the word sike or syke is found in similar circumstances. This is particularly common in the Appleby Fells area where sikes significantly outnumber
30-474: A small shakehole . This drops into a passage where a wet crawl leads downstream towards the resurgence, and a roomier passage going upstream. The upstream passage soon deteriorates into more awkward going which eventually passes a small but awkward climb into an inlet passage up to the right. The main passage goes to a sump some 9 metres (30 ft) long which has been passed to a further 15 metres (49 ft) before becoming too tight. The right-hand passage passes
40-511: Is a ravine or narrow valley in the North of England and parts of Scotland . The word originates from the Old Norse gil . Examples include Dufton Ghyll Wood, Dungeon Ghyll , Troller's Gill and Trow Ghyll . As a related usage, Gaping Gill is the name of a cave, not the associated stream , and Cowgill , Masongill and Halton Gill are derived names of villages. In South East England ,
50-505: The High Weald gills are deeply cut ravines, usually with a stream in the base which eroded the ravine. These gills may be up to 200 feet (61 m) deep, which represents a significant physiographic feature in lowland England. The stream flowing through a gill is often referred to as a beck : for example in Swaledale , Gunnerside Beck flows through Gunnerside Ghyll. Beck is also used as
60-460: The 26 December 2015, with a height of 2.98 metres (9 ft 9 in). The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of 752 millimetres (29.6 in) and a maximum altitude of 243 metres (797 ft) on Stainburn Moor near the source of the beck. Land use within the basin is mainly rural, consisting of grassland and arable with some woodland, and the urbanised area around Harrogate. Gill (ravine) A gill or ghyll
70-540: The Nidd, at Blackstones since 1991. The upper gauge at Burn Bridge, with a catchment of 8.1 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi) yields an average flow of 0.11 cubic metres per second (3.9 cu ft/s). The much larger catchment area of 76.8 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi) to the lower Blackstones gauge, recorded a correspondingly higher average flow of 1.02 cubic metres per second (36 cu ft/s). The highest river level recorded at Blackstones occurred on
80-680: The Park Beck. The beck rises on the flanks of Stainburn Moor near Beckwithshaw and flows in an easterly direction to join the Nor Beck before passing through the villages of Burn Bridge and Pannal . It continues in a north-easterly direction, being bridged by the A61 and the Crimple Valley Viaduct just to the south of Harrogate. At the confluence with the Rud Brook it turns to the south-east, and meets
90-552: The Park Brook before reaching Spofforth where it is bridged by the A661. Beyond Spofforth its course continues to Blackstones where it is measured, joining the River Nidd midway between Little Ribston and Walshford . The flow of the beck is measured by two gauging stations , the first near Burn Bridge in its upper reaches has operated since 1972, the second near to the confluence with
100-588: The becks and gills; it can also be seen in the name of Eden Sike Cave in Mallerstang . This article related to topography is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eden Sike Cave Eden Sike Cave is a small cave in Mallerstang in the Eden valley in Cumbria , England 400 metres (440 yd) north of Hell Gill. The entrance is 391 metres (428 yd) north west of an obvious resurgence in
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