2006-10-05 22:35:37 · 27 answers · asked by adacharya 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
No it isn't artificial (though its pronunciation is a little contrived - lol).
For information on the River Thames check out the Environment Agency website - there's a link below (the Environment Agency took over the role of the National Rivers Authority in the 1990s).
If you want to know of an artificial river (aka canal), then the best example in the UK is the Grand Union Canal. This links Birmingham to London, and it served as a water concourse for transporting goods from the early 1800s till the 1950s.
Oh, and by the way, whilst the Thames is the longest river entirely in England, the longest river in Britain (England and Wales, in this case) is the River Severn.
2006-10-05 23:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - the River Thames starts from its spring somewhere in Oxfordshire and runs thru' the Thames Valley, then on into London and finally down to the sea between Kent and Essex - the Thames Estuary. The River Thames still bears its ancient British [Celtic] name [Thamesis] which translates to mean 'bright water'. The Thames has its own river god 'Father Thames' or sometimes 'Old Father Thames'. You can still leave votive offerings to the River God - the most magnificent of which is the Battersea Shield, which you can see at the British Museum.
2006-10-05 23:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
River Thames in the United Kingdom is a natural body of water. The City of London was built around it. Man in the Industrial Age killed it but Man in the Information Age had infused new life in it. The river is not man-made though.
2006-10-05 22:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A river of southern England flowing about 338 km (210 mi) eastward to a wide estuary on the North Sea. Navigable for large ships as far as London, it is the principal commercial waterway of the country. In its upper course above Oxford it is often called Isis.the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea,It is not an artificial river.
2006-10-05 22:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Real. The Romans settled there during the reign of the Roman empire, specifically because of the river.
It has been engineered in places eg, it has being made more narrow at the Victoria Embankment to accommodate more land and buildings, and for the sewerage that use to run into the river.
2006-10-05 23:16:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anria A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Thames is a natural river. Having lived at the mouth of it most of my life I should know, I lived in Southend.
2006-10-05 22:58:28 · answer #6 · answered by howi136 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The course it follows has been "engineered" in places, down the Centuries in order to prevent flooding or reclaim needed land, but the River is 100% Natural and real!
2006-10-05 22:44:08 · answer #7 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it is'nt an Artificial River it's Source is in the Chiltern Hills..
2006-10-06 01:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by ralf5@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fully based on the opening credits of EastEnders; or a river that flows 346 km (215 mi) through some beautiful (and not so beautiful) countryside
2006-10-06 10:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by prof. Jack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
although these days it is managed, there are weirs in it course, and the river banks are controlled - it is a fully natural waterway
2006-10-05 22:40:28 · answer #10 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋