river tees

• River Tees


  Found in the north-east of England, crossing Middlesbrough, Darlington and the Pennine Hills

  
• Landforms along the River Tees


  • Formed through the processes of erosion and deposition
• High Force


  Waterfall with a 21m fall into a plunge pool below, found in the upper course of the River Tees near Forest-in-Teesdale
• High Force


  • Top formed from igneous rock called Whinstone, which is more resistant than the underlying beds of limestone beneath
  • Highly resistant to erosion and has survived hundreds of years of continual erosion
• High Force


  • Visitor attraction with many walking paths around the site
  • Included in the region's Outstanding Beauty nature reserve
• Darlington

  Located in the lower course of the River Tees, where the river loses energy and deposits sediments, creating low-lying flood plains
• Meanders


  Large meanders have formed ox-bow lakes in parts of the river closer to Yarm near the mouth
• Yarm

  Tends to be the location of any flooding along the River Tees, which has helped to build the river's levees
• Yarm

  • Some visitors come for river fishing for trout, chub and occasionally bream