River Wharfe
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| Length | 105 km |
|---|---|
| Source elevation | 305 |
| Mouth | River Ouse |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sources | Oughtershaw Beck |
| Green Field Beck | |
| Cities | Ilkley |
| Otley | |
| Grassington | |
| Burnsall | |
| Wetherby | |
| Kettlewell | |
| Buckden | |
| Appletreewick | |
| Collingham | |
| Hubberholme | |
| Ulleskelf | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2447531 |
About River Wharfe
The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale.
Campaigners slam government river bathing decision
... The vast majority of them are coastal with just two, in Yorkshire on the River Wharfe and Oxfordshire, on the Thames on rivers...
Rare ice pancakes form on River Wharfe in Yorkshire
... The phenomenon, which is caused when foam floating on the top of a river freezes, was spotted on the River Wharfe near Bolton Priory on Wednesday...
Ilkley: A tour of the Sunday Times' best place to live winner
... " Clean-up campaignLocals have mounted a campaign over the last few years to clean up the River Wharfe, which was recently given a " poor" bathing water status by the Environment Agency...
Segway: the end of the road for the much-hyped two-Wheeler
... Jimi Heselden crashed into the River Wharfe while using his Segway on his estate in West Yorkshire, only 10 months after the purchase of the company in the year 2009...
Yorkshire Dales hit by floods after heavy rains
... The Environment Agency said: most of the action on Friday night and Saturday morning on the River Wharfe and river Ure, but the run-off from the Dales was hardly to be said to impact on downstream areas, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, that about 10 properties had flooded in, and the village in the vicinity of Giggleswick was also affected...
Headlines: Harry's 'sadness' and 'Duke and Duchess of Netflix'
... The River Wharfe attracted thousands of people to bathe, while in the last summer of the heat wave, but the people in the vicinity have said, the paper that found levels of bacteria in the water, which regularly reach dangerous levels, because of problems with a nearby wastewater treatment plant...
Segway: the end of the road for the much-hyped two-Wheeler
Actor and comedian Kevin James promoting his Film Paul Blart : Mall Cop
Segway ends the production of the original two-wheeler, which was popular with City Tour guide and some of the police But not The Public .
Launched in 2001, the hyped and much-promised, self-balancing vehicle to revolutionize personal transportation.
The Segway, invented by US engineer Dean Kamen , debuted with much fanfare, But struggled to make a profit.
accidents will not help with the Segway's popularity, and The Company was purchased by
Manufactured in a factory in New Hampshire , in the United States, the production of the Segway Personal Transporter is at the end of 15. July.
the announcement of The News , Segway President Judy Cai, said: "Within the first ten years, the Segway PT was considered to be a staple in the security and law enforcement authorities, as an effective and efficient personal vehicle. "
But , in The Vehicle nearly two decades of history, it was also the subject of ridicule and high-profile collisions, as well as a tragic Death .
Then-US President George W. Bush falling off a Segway in 2003In 2003, was depicted then-US President, at his parents summer residence in Kennebunkport, Maine.
The Incident was followed by Vice-President Dick Cheney to ride a Segway to his office when his Achilles tendon is playing up.
The Segway also served as a, quite literally, a comedy vehicle in 2009 , in the Hollywood Film Paul Blart : Mall Cop .
In The Film , actor and comedian Kevin James was a Security Guard who patrols played, a shopping mall on a Segway to much comic effect.
Sprinter Usain Bolt collided with a camera man on a Segway-2015In the year 2015, as he celebrated his fourth successive world 200 meters title,
No serious damage was done, and the legendary sportsman, quickly got to his feet and continued his lap of honour.
In January of this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES exhibition in Las Vegas .
The S-Pod - self-balancing-electric-wheelchair - has been tested to be A Journalist at The Time . The driver accelerates The Vehicle from crashing into a wall.
The Segway was also in the middle of a tragic incident in which after a fall from a cliff in the UK, during the journey one of his firm's motorised scooters.
Jimi Heselden crashed into the River Wharfe while using his Segway on his estate in West Yorkshire , only 10 months after the purchase of The Company in the year 2009 .
heard that he died, by an "act of courtesy", as he tried to clear the way for a Dog Walker .
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Source of news: bbc.com
