Derwent

American  

[dur-wuhnt] / ˈdɜr wənt /

noun

1. a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.

2. a river flowing S and SE past Derby to the Trent, in central England. About 60 miles (95 km) long.

3. a river flowing into the Ouse, in Yorkshire in NE England. About 57 miles (91 km) long.

4. a river flowing NE to the Tyne, in N England. About 30 miles (48 km) long.

5. a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing SE to the Tasman Sea. 107 miles (170 km) long.

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Derwent British  

/ ˈdɜːwənt /

noun

1. a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing southeast to the Tasman Sea. Length: 172 km (107 miles)

2. a river in N central England, in N Derbyshire, flowing southeast to the River Trent. Length: 96 km (60 miles)

3. a river in N England, in Yorkshire, rising on the North York Moors and flowing south to the River Ouse. Length: 92 km (57 miles)

4. a river in NW England, in Cumbria, rising on the Borrowdale Fells and flowing north and west to the Irish Sea. Length: 54 km (34 miles)

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Example Sentences

The "unique" structure off the A6 forms part of some of the world's first mechanised industrial cotton factories along the River Derwent.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

There is a "significant possibility" missing woman Victoria Taylor went into the River Derwent, according to police searching for her.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

Elsewhere flood alerts were published for the Upper River Hull catchments and for the Aire, Derwent, Nidd, Swale, Ure, Wharfe and Calder.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

An overspill could cause flooding along the River Derwent.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

Her name survives in Ebchester on the Derwent, where she founded a nunnery; in St. Abb's Head, near which she afterwards founded the double monastery of Coldingham; and in St. Ebbe's, Oxford.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert