mersey

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Definition of mersey in German English dictionary

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Mersey (Fluss in Nordwest-England, Großbritannien)

Mersey River (river in North West England, Great Britain)

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Definition of mersey in English English dictionary

A river in England that flows for about 113 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea at Liverpool

a river in northwest England, which flows through Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside into the Irish Sea. For British people, the Mersey is usually connected with Liverpool, and the music of the Beatles and other pop groups from Liverpool in the 1960s was known as the Mersey sound or the Mersey beat

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Mersey River

River, northern Tasmania, Australia. Fed by the Dasher and Fisher rivers, the Mersey flows 91 mi (146 km) north, east, and again north to enter an estuary at Latrobe and then empty into Bass Strait at Devonport. The stream cuts a gorge up to 2,000 ft (600 m) deep; its water is harnessed there for hydroelectric power

River Mersey

River, northwestern England. It flows west through the southern suburbs of Manchester and is joined by the Irwell in its canalized form as the Manchester Ship Canal. The Mersey is itself modified by the canal as far as Warrington, where it becomes tidal. At Runcorn it is joined by the Weaver, and it forms the Mersey Estuary, the harbour of Liverpool. It enters the Irish Sea after a course of 70 mi (110 km)