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Tees river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising on Cross Fell in the Pennines, N England, and flowing generally E between Durham and North Yorkshire and through Cleveland to the North Sea. Its upper valley includes the picturesque falls of Caldron Snout and High Force. The lower valley is a major industrial region. The river is navigable through a dredged channel to Stockton-on-Tees.

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Tees, England/UK A river with a Celtic or pre‐Celtic name possibly meaning ‘Bubbling (One)’ or ‘Surging (One)’, a reference to its waterfalls.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Tees (river) Cumbria–Durham, see Stockton on Tees.

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