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BARROW
, a See also:river of See also:south-eastern See also:Ireland
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It rises in the Slieve See also:Bloom mountains, and flows at first easterly and then almost due south, until, on joining the Suir, it forms the See also:estuary of the south See also:coast known as See also:Waterford See also:Harbour
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Including the 12 M. of the estuary, the length of its valley is rather more than Too m., without counting the lesser windings of the river
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The See also:total See also:area of drainage to Waterford Harbour (including the See also:basin of the Suir) is 3500 sq. m., and covers the whole of the See also:county See also:Kilkenny, with parts of Waterford, See also:Cork and See also:Limerick, See also:Tipperary, See also:Carlow, See also: |
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