page_title: River Avoca
hierarchical_section_title: River Avoca
caption_attribution_description: The Meeting of the Waters; Avonmore River left; Avonbeg on right; River Avoca ahead.
context_page_description: The Avoca is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is contained completely within the county. Its length is 35 miles.
  The Avoca starts life as two rivers, the Avonmore and the Avonbeg. These join together at a spot called the Meeting of the Waters in the Vale of Avoca, which is considered a local beauty spot, and was celebrated by Thomas Moore in his song of the same name.
  There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet,
  As the vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;
  Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart,
  Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
  The village of Avoca is situated on the river.
  The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name an t-Inbhear Mór.
  The catchment area of the Avoca is 652 km².
  The long term average flow rate of the Avoca is 20.2 cubic metres per second
context_section_description: The Avoca (Irish: Abhainn Abhóca) is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is contained completely within the county. Its length is 35 miles (56.3 km).
  The Avoca starts life as two rivers, the Avonmore (Irish: Abhainn Mhór, meaning "Big River") and the Avonbeg (Irish: Abhainn Bheag, meaning "Small River"). These join together at a spot called the Meeting of the Waters (Cumar an dá Uisce) in the Vale of Avoca, which is considered a local beauty spot, and was celebrated by Thomas Moore in his song of the same name.
  There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet,
  As the vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;
  Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart,
  Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
  The village of Avoca is situated on the river.
  The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name an t-Inbhear Mór (the big inlet).
  The catchment area of the Avoca is 652 km².
  The long term average flow rate of the Avoca is 20.2 cubic metres per second (m³/s)
caption: Avonmore left; Avonbeg right; Avoca ahead at the Meeting of the Waters.
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