Talk:Severn Estuary

message: What is the source for the assertion that "in navigational and cartographic terms" the Severn above the SSC is not part of the Severn Estuary?  It's not just the Severn Estuary Partnership that regards the estuary as extending further.  See for example the VisitEngland website.  Even the image illustrating the article shows Beachley as on the estuary.  Mhockey (talk) 22:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I may have written those words some time ago when I was less concerned than I should have been about recording my references!  I believe it is broadly true, although there will always be different views.  I'll see if I can find suitable references, but if you wish to modify the text I wouldn't object.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: There is a very small uncited article about the Severn Escarpment which I feel properly forms part of the geography of the Severn Estuary, therefore I am proposing to merge that article into this one.— Rod talk 21:26, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the content would fit very naturally into the article on the Severn Estuary (or the River Severn). The escarpment is after all some miles from the estuary.  If the expression Severn Escarpment has some defined meaning (although it's not an expression I've heard outside of WP, and a couple of websites which probably derive from WP), let's have some sources and expand the article.  If not, I would suggest deleting it. Mhockey (talk) 08:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK any contributions to expansion or citation would be great. The reason I proposed it is that I'm working my way through  Wikipedia:WikiProject Somerset/Cleanup listing & and trying to sort the problems but User:Erik9bot has identified Severn Escarpment as unreferenced and I can't find any sources to use to reference the information or expand it. If no one else can find anything then I suppose AfD is the way to go.— Rod talk 09:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK I've removed the merge banner but Severn Escarpment still needs expansion & referencing if anyone can help.— Rod talk 12:58, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The Ordnance Survey use this name for that section of water between what they label as the River Severn (around and above the 2 crossings) and the Bristol Channel to its west. It also appears (perhaps as a derivative of its OS appearance) in the map currently illustrating this article. Does anyone know about the pedigree of this name? Does it refer perhaps to the section downstream of English Stones (now the site of the 2nd Severn crossing) so far as the Lavernock/Sand Point line?  I feel it ought to be mentioned and perhaps expanded upon in either/both the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary articles.  cheers Geopersona (talk) 06:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know why OS use that term in preference to the more common term "Severn Estuary" - but I agree that a reference to its use by OS should be added in this article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:40, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have definitely heard before reference to the Second Severn Crossing (probably more sepcifically English Stones) being the start of the Estuary. --Simple Bob (talk) 18:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Have now added that mention of the Mouth of the Severn (beyond existing inclusion in small map)! Geopersona (talk) 11:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mouth of the Severn 

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message: I've just found my way here via the very dubious claim on the Second Severn Crossing page that it is the upper limit of the estuary, and now I see there has been much discussion of the definition already.
Looking at the definitions given here, and the references given for them, I'm wondering if maybe navigational charts have been misunderstood or given undue weight? A navigational chart is interested in defining navigational waters, not in defining places and geography. If it is trying to define "Severn estuary", it is not trying to give us an encyclopaedic definition of the estuary of the River Severn, or the area that will commonly be called "Severn estuary", it is trying to define a navigable area.
The article intro defines the Severn Estuary as the estuary of the River Severn, not as a navigable area. It's certainly worth mentioning and describing the navigable area definitions in the article, but at the moment it feels like they currently have undue weight compared with the physical geography definition of estuary. 10:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  More definition: navigation vs physical geography