Is river thames in london,united kingdom an artificial river?

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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.

bumbleboi

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!

geordie.lady

Yes its plastic they roll it up every evening at night fall...

domme me

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

kritika s

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.

Thyroid

Ha ha!

howi136

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.

CLIVE H

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.

Anria A

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.

qwerty

no, it's as natural as they come

prof. Jack

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

Kango Man

NO! Whatever gave you that idea?

pianojono

Perfectly natural

flippin'eck

no its real

Matthew K

No..... I don't think so.... been passed it many times and as far as I am aware it is not artificial

Yikes!

tsmith007

no it's quite real and natural
it's the reason for the city

Wankata

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.

Curley

Nope.

If it flooded, then half of South East London would be washed away !!

Hence why London is so great !

Citizen Mac

No it's a real one

Pretorian

Dont be silly.