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BANN , the See also:principal See also:river in the See also:north of See also:Ireland . Rising in the Mourne mountains in the See also:south of the Co . Down it runs N.W. until it enters Lough See also:Neagh (q.v.), which it drains N.N.W. to an See also:estuary at See also:Coleraine, forming Lough Beg immediately below the larger lough . The length of its valley (excluding the lesser windings of the river) is about 90 m . The See also:total drainage See also:area, including the other important feeders of Lough Neagh, is about 2300 sq. m., extending westward to the confines of the Co . See also:Fermanagh, and including parts of the See also:Cos . Down and See also:Antrim, See also:Armagh and See also:Monaghan, See also:Tyrone and See also:Londonderry . The river has valuable See also:salmon See also:fisheries, but is not of much importance for See also:navigation . Above Lough Neagh it is known as the Upper Bann and below as the See also:Lower Bann . |
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