Ouse

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Ouse (Great Ouse) River rising in Northamptonshire, central England, and flowing 256km (159mi) e through East Anglia before emptying into the Wash at King's Lynn. It is navigable to York and is still an important commercial waterway, flowing se and eventually joining the River Trent to form the River Humber. Length: 72km (45mi).