Afon Roe

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Afon Roe
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Location of the mouth in Wales
Location
Country Wales
District Conwy County Borough Council
Physical characteristics
Mouth Confluence with Afon Conwy
  coordinates
53°12′43″N3°49′49″W / 53.2120°N 3.8303°W / 53.2120; -3.8303 Coordinates: 53°12′43″N3°49′49″W / 53.2120°N 3.8303°W / 53.2120; -3.8303

The Afon Roe is a small river in Snowdonia in north-west Wales. [1]

Its tributary is the Afon Tafolog, which drains the eastern slopes of Drum, a mountain in the Carneddau range.

The river flows through the village of Rowen before joining the River Conwy.

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References

  1. Stuart Fisher (5 January 2012). Rivers of Britain: Estuaries, Tideways, Havens, Lochs, Firths and Kyles. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 59–. ISBN   978-1-4081-5931-6.