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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 438 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEAR , a See also:

river of See also:Durham, See also:England, rising in the Pennine See also:chain near the See also:Cumberland border, and traversing a valley about 6o m. in length to the See also:North See also:Sea, with a drainage See also:area of 458 sq. m. A See also:series of streams draining from the hills between Killhope See also:Law and Burnhope Seat (2452 ft.) are collected at Wearhead, up to which point the valley is traversed by a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway. Hence eastward, past the small towns of St See also:John's See also:Chapel and See also:Stanhope, and as far as that of Wolsingham, Weardale is narrow and picturesque, sharply aligned by high-lying moorland. Below, it takes a See also:south-easterly See also:bend as far. as See also:Bishop See also:Auckland, then turns northward and north-eastward, the course of the river becoming extremely sinuous. The scenery is particularly See also:fine where the river sweeps See also:round the bold See also:peninsula which bears the See also:cathedral and See also:castle of the See also:city of Durham. The valley See also:line continues northerly until Chesterle-See also:Street is passed, then it turns north-See also:east; and soon the river becomes navigable, carrying a See also:great See also:traffic in See also:coal, and having its See also:banks lined with factories. At the mouth is the large seaport of See also:Sunderland.

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