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Afon Llyfnant

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Afon Llyfnant, also known as the River Llyfnant, is a short river in Ceredigion, on the west coast of Wales. The river rises in the mountains south of Machynlleth, reaches the hill walk of Uwch Garreg and then plunges over a series of waterfalls known as Pistyll y Llyn, into a ravine, descending towards the River Dyfi (or Dovey) near Dovey Junction railway station.

Flows through: United Kingdom.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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