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River Brosna

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The River Brosna (Irish: An Bhrosnach) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, flowing through County Westmeath and County Offaly. The river rises in Lough Owel north of Mullingar and is a tributary of the River Shannon. It meets the Shannon at Shannon Harbour. The River Brosna is 49.25 miles (79 km) in length.

Flows through: Ireland.

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

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