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The Tees is an English river which Rises on the eastward slope of Cross Fell in the Pennine Chain and flows eastwards for about 87 miles (137 km) before emptying into the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar . In the earliest part of its course it forms the boundary between the Traditional Counties of Westmorland and Durham . The head of the valley, of which the upper portion is known as Teesdale , has a desolate grandeur; the hills, exceeding 2500 feet (760 m) in height at some points, consisting of bleak moorland. A succession of falls or rapids, where the river traverses a hard series of black Basalt ic rocks, bears the name of " Cauldron Snout ". From a point immediately below this to its mouth the Tees forms the boundary between the traditional counties of Durham and Yorkshire almost without a break, although since 1974 much of it lies wholly in Durham. The dale becomes bolder below Cauldron Snout, and trees appear, contrasting with the broken rocks where the water dashes over High Force , the highest Waterfall in England and one of the finest. Before joining the North Sea the river tees rises 760 metres above sea level at Redcar The busiest port in the country is Teesport. It used to ship over a million tones of cargo per year. The scenery becomes gentler but more picturesque as the river descends past Middleton-in-Teesdale (Durham). This locality has Lead and Iron stone resources. The ancient Town of Barnard Castle , Eggleston Abbey , and Rokeby Hall , well known through Sir Walter Scott 's poem, are passed; and then the valley begins to open out, and the river traverses in sweeping curves the rich plain east and south of Darlington . The course of the valley until here has been generally east-southeast, but it now turns northeast and, nearing the sea, becomes an important commercial waterway, having on its banks the ports of Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough . For the last five miles the course, below Middlesbrough, is Estuarine . The Tees drains an area of 708 square miles (1834 square km), and subsumes no important Tributaries . The river was featured on the television programme '' Seven Natural Wonders '' as one of the wonders of the North. SEE ALSO |
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