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Afon Marteg

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Afon Marteg is a river in Powys, Wales. It is about 15 km (9 mi) long, flowing roughly south-west to join the Wye at Pont Marteg (grid reference SN952714) about 5 km (3 mi) above Rhayader. Fishing is available, with appropriate permits, for brown trout, chub, dace, grayling and pike. The river has a run of spawning Atlantic salmon in the autumn.

Flows through: United Kingdom.

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

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