Rivers of Sussex - River Ouse, Sussex, River Mole, Medway Watermills, River Medway, Medway Watermills-Diagram, River Arun, River Adur (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: River Ouse, Sussex, River Mole, Medway watermills, River Medway, Medway watermills/Diagram, River Arun, River Adur, River Cuckmere, Gatwick Stream, River Rother, River Lod, West Sussex, River Lavant, West Sussex, River Ems, River Uck, River Brede, River Tillingham. Excerpt: River Mole - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ River Mole River Mole at Baldhorns Park, approximately 1 km downstream of the source at Rusper The River Mole rises in Baldhorns Copse 0.7 km (0.5 mi) to the south of the village of Rusper in West Sussex. The river flows initially southwards for 1 km (0.7 mi) to a small lake at Baldhorns Park, before running eastwards through a largely rural area towards Crawley. The first tributaries to join the young river drain the northernmost part of St Leonard's Forest, between Horsham and Crawley, although much of the Forest lies within the catchment of the River Arun. The Mole skirts the northern suburbs of Crawley, where it is joined by its first major tributary Ifield Brook, which drains Ifield Mill Pond. The first gauging station on the Mole is located to the south of Gatwick Airport (57 m above OD). The station was installed in 2005, replacing an earlier station located 200 m (200 yds) downstream. The mean flow is 0.33 m/s (12 cu ft/s) and the river ran dry at this point for the first time in the summer of 1995. The Mole runs under the airport runway in a culvert completed in 1985. The course of the Mole within the airport perimeter has been altered several times since commercial flights began in 1945, however the meanders visible on the 1839 tithe map on the 1.5 km stretch immediately north of the runway were reinstated in 1999, in ...