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.]] The River Great Ouse is a River in the east of England . It is 150 miles (240 km) long which makes it the major navigation in East Anglia , and the fifth- Longest River In The United Kingdom . The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as "Old West River" and "the Ely Ouse". The river has several sources close to the villages of Syresham and Sulgrave in Northamptonshire . It flows through Brackley , Buckingham , Milton Keynes at Stony Stratford , Newport Pagnell , Olney , Bedford , St Neots , Godmanchester , Huntingdon , St Ives , the cathedral city of Ely , Littleport , Downham Market and enters The Wash at King's Lynn . The Environment Agency is the Navigation Authority and it attempts to attract more boaters to the river. Tributaries of the River Great Ouse: (upstream to downstream by confluence)
The Ouse Washes are an internationally important area for wildlife. In 1944 the annual Boat Race between the Oxford and Cambridge universities took place on this river; it was won by Oxford. SEE ALSO
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