The Red River at Menadarva
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The Red River at Menadarva
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 6 Nov 2008
The river is more reddy-brown nowadays but at the height of the tin extraction industry, even in the recent past, the water was bright red owing to the mineral particles in suspension. The banks are artificially straight here because in the past the river was adapted by the local tin streaming works, which extracted tin from the alluvial deposits.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.226184
Longitude
-5.345616