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Eastern Yar

Eastern Yar

River on the Isle of Wight, England

This article is about the River Yar in the eastern part of the Isle of Wight. For other Yars, including the other River Yar on the Isle of Wight, see Yar (disambiguation).

The River Yar on the Isle of Wight, England, rises in a chalk coomb in St. Catherine's Down near Niton,[1] close to the southern tip of the island. It flows across the Lower Cretaceous rocks of the eastern side of the island, through the gap in the central Upper Cretaceous chalk ridge of the Island at Yarbridge, then across the now drained Brading Haven to Bembridge Harbour in the northeast.

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River Yar at Alverstone
Riverside scene in early spring, near Alverstone

For most of its course, the river passes through rural areas. At Alverstone, a small weir uses water from the river to power a water mill.

The Yar is one of two rivers on the Isle of Wight with the same name. It is referred to as the Eastern Yar if it is necessary to distinguish between them with the other river being known as the Western Yar.

References

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    "River Yar Trail - Source to Sea". WightCam. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

Ordnance Survey One Inch Seventh Series sheet 180

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