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TEES , a See also:

river of See also:England, rising on the eastward slope of See also:Cross See also:Fell in the Pennine See also:Chain, and traversing a valley about 85 m. in length to the See also:North See also:Sea. In the earliest See also:part of its course it forms the boundary between the counties of See also:Westmorland and See also:Durham. The See also:head of the valley, of which the upper portion is known as Teesdale, is not without desolate grandeur, the hills, exceeding 2500 ft. in height at some points, consisting of See also:bleak moorland. A See also:succession of falls or rapids, where the river traverses a hard See also:series of See also:black basaltic rocks, is known as Caldron Snout; and from a point immediately below this to its mouth the Tees forms the boundary between Durham and See also:Yorkshire almost without a break. The See also:dale becomes bolder below Caldron Snout, and trees appear, contrasting with the broken rocks where the See also:water dashes over High Force, one of the finest falls in England. The scenery becomes gentler but more picturesque as the river descends past See also:Middleton-in-Teesdale (Durham), the See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway from See also:Darlington. In this locality See also:lead and ironstone are worked. The See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Barnard See also:Castle, See also:Eggleston See also:Abbey, and Rokeby See also:Hall, well known through See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's poem, are passed; and then the valley begins to open out, and the river traverses in sweeping curves the See also:rich See also:plain See also:east and See also:south of Darlington. The course of the valley hitherto has been generally E.S.E., but it now turns N.E. and, nearing the sea, becomes an important commercial waterway, having on its See also:banks the ports of See also:Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and See also:Middlesbrough, and forming an outlet for the rich ironworking See also:district of See also:Cleveland in the North See also:Riding of Yorkshire. It is also navigable for See also:barges up to High Worsall, 11 m. above Stockton. For the last five See also:miles the course, below Middlesbrough, is estuarine. The drainage See also:area is 708 sq. m.

No important tributary is received.

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