The following video shows you the sheer size of the mouth of the River Severn.

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Severn Barrage

A 10-mile barrage across the Severn from Brean Down to Lavernock Point is among five projects on a shortlist of potential schemes to harness the tidal power of the estuary. Find out more here

Key Vocabulary

Mouth
Where a river flows into another body of water. The mouth may be where the river meets the sea, a lake or a larger waterway.

Estuary
The wide mouth of a rive where it ends its journey.