Derwent

[ dur-wuh nt ]

/ ˈdɜr wənt /

a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.

a river flowing S and SE past Derby to the Trent, in central England. About 60 miles (95 km) long.

a river flowing into the Ouse, in Yorkshire in NE England. About 57 miles (91 km) long.

a river flowing NE to the Tyne, in N England. About 30 miles (48 km) long.

a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing SE to the Tasman Sea. 107 miles (170 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for derwent

On the other was the wooded valley of the Derwent, growing wider ever before it debouched amid rocks into the sea.

The Herd Boy and His Hermit |Charlotte M. Yonge
But with what we now have, if we can get that from 'Derwent,' we shall do very well.

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee |(His Son) Captain Robert E. Lee
In due course our ship entered the estuary called the Derwent, at whose head stands Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Why, my very Bible seems a new book as I ponder its pages by the banks of the Derwent.

Faces in the Fire |Frank W. Boreham

Mrs. Derwent, whose approach I had been watching, here joined us, hot and out of breath from her unwonted exertion.

The House Opposite |Elizabeth Kent

Derwent

/ (ˈdɜːwənt) /

a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing southeast to the Tasman Sea. Length: 172 km (107 miles)

a river in N central England, in N Derbyshire, flowing southeast to the River Trent. Length: 96 km (60 miles)

a river in N England, in Yorkshire, rising on the North York Moors and flowing south to the River Ouse. Length: 92 km (57 miles)

a river in NW England, in Cumbria, rising on the Borrowdale Fells and flowing north and west to the Irish Sea. Length: 54 km (34 miles)