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Devils Brook (Dorset)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Devils Brook is a Dorset chalk stream which rises near Higher Ansty (on Pleck Farm, in Pleck or Little Ansty), near to the source of the River Divelish. It flows past Dewlish (to which it lent its name) and joins the River Piddle at Athelhampton, which in turn flows into Poole Harbour. Its length is given variously from 6 miles (9.7 km) to 9.16 miles (14.74 km). The river has a catchment area of 3,364.34 hectares (8, 313.5 acres).

Flows through: United Kingdom.

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

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