River Taff

River Taff
The Taff flowing through Llandaff
Native nameAfon Taf (Welsh)
Location
CountryWales
Historic countyGlamorgan
Unitary AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Cardiff
SettlementsMerthyr Tydfil, Treharris, Pontypridd, Cardiff
Physical characteristics
SourceTaf Fawr
 • locationCorn Du, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales
2nd sourceTaf Fechan
 • locationPen y Fan, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales
MouthCardiff Bay
 • location
Cardiff, Wales
Length67 km (42 mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationCardiff Bay
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBargoed Taf
 • rightCynon, Rhondda
Part of the River Taff, running through Cardiff
A weir and footbridge (Blackweir Bridge) over the River Taff (Cardiff)

The River Taff (Welsh: Afon Taf) is a river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons; the Taf Fechan (little Taff) and the Taf Fawr (great Taff) before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil. Its confluence with the River Severn estuary is in Cardiff.

The river supports several species of migratory fish, including salmon, sewin (sea trout), and eel.

  1. ^ Pickup, R. W.; Rhodes, G.; Arnott, S.; Sidi-Boumedine, K.; Bull, T. J.; Weightman, A.; Hurley, M.; Hermon-Taylor, J. (April 2005). "Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the Catchment Area and Water of the River Taff in South Wales, United Kingdom, and Its Potential Relationship to Clustering of Crohn's Disease Cases in the City of Cardiff". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (4): 2133. Bibcode:2005ApEnM..71.2130P. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.4.2130-2139.2005. PMC 1082532. PMID 15812047. The longest path length of the river Taff uninterrupted by inflows is 67 km

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