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River Conder

Coordinates: 53°59′57.5″N 2°50′0″W / 53.999306°N 2.83333°W / 53.999306; -2.83333
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River Conder
River Conder near Ellel
River Conder is located in Lancashire
River Conder
Location of the mouth within Lancashire
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
PartEngland
CountyLancashire
Physical characteristics
MouthLune estuary
 • coordinates
53°59′57.5″N 2°50′0″W / 53.999306°N 2.83333°W / 53.999306; -2.83333

The River Conder is a river in the English county of Lancashire.

The source of the River Conder is a spring at Conder Head on Black Fell near Littledale, from where the stream briefly runs north, then west through Cragg Wood. The river then skirts around Quernmore in a southwesterly direction through a disproportionately wide valley, created by glacial action.[1]

The river runs through Ellel and Galgate before turning to the north-west, flowing into the Lune estuary between Conder Green and Glasson Dock.

The river supplies most of the water for the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal.[2]

The name of the river was recorded in the 13th century as Kondover and Kondoure, being derived from Brythonic and meaning "crooked waters".

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Notes

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  1. ^ Conder Valley, near Lancaster, Ministry of Information. Retrieved 12 September 2006.
  2. ^ Self, John (2008). The Land of the Lune. Drakkar Press Limited.