River Whitewater

Greywell Mill on the upper reaches of the River Whitewater.

The River Whitewater rises at springs near Bidden Grange Farm between Upton Grey and Greywell in Hampshire, England. It flows northeast and is a tributary of the River Blackwater near Swallowfield. Its headwaters flow over chalk and there is little pollution making the River Whitewater rich in wildlife.^[1] It was noted on Jansson's map of Hampshire of 1646.^[2]

The settlements of Greywell, North Warnborough and Hartley Wintney lie on the River Whitewater.

The river contains a variety of species of fish including brown trout, dace, barbel, perch, pike, roach and chub. Fishing on part of the river is controlled by Farnborough and District Angling Society which has separate coarse and fly fishing sections.^[3][4] Like many rivers in the south of England, non-indigenous mink and signal crayfish are present.

References

1. ↑ Blackwater valley
2. ↑ Jansson
3. ↑ FADAS Course section
4. ↑ FADAS Fly fishing section

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Coordinates: 51°22′N 0°56′W / 51.367°N 0.933°W / 51.367; -0.933

Hydrology of Hampshire
Main rivers	River Alre River Anton Avon Water River Avon Bartley Water Beaulieu River River Blackwater (River Loddon) River Blackwater (River Test) Bourne Rivulet Candover Brook Cove Brook Dark Water River Dever River Dun River Ems River Hamble River Itchen Kingsley Stream River Loddon Lymington River River Meon Monks Brook Oakhanger Stream Oxney Stream River Rother River Test River Wallington River Wey River Whitewater
Canals and Navigations	Andover Canal Basingstoke Canal Itchen Navigation Portsmouth and Arundel Canal Salisbury and Southampton Canal Titchfield Canal
Ordinary watercourses	Bentworth Stream West End Brook
Lakes, ponds and wetlands	Chessel Bay Eyeworth Pond Farlington Marshes Fleet Pond Keyhaven, Pennington, Oxey and Normandy Marshes Lakeside Country Park Manor Farm duck pond Sowley Pond Testwood Lakes Waggoners Wells
Coast	Chichester Harbour Langstone Harbour Portsmouth Harbour Solent Southampton Water
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