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The River Arth is a small river that rises in the hills near Bethania, Ceredigion, Wales, and runs west for 15 miles (24 km) and discharges into Cardigan Bay at Aberarth.

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River Arth
Arth in Aberarth
Location
Country	Wales
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	hills near Bethania, Ceredigion
Mouth	Cardigan Bay
• location	Aberarth
Length	15 mi (24 km)

Despite its small size it is one of the few rivers in Britain which has a bore when the incoming tide cause a tidal wave to run upstream. The bore is only a few inches high and it runs only for a short distance upstream; beyond the road bridge in Aberarth the terrain rises steeply, preventing the bore propagating any further.

In the 1970s, the River Arth suffered severe intermittent agricultural pollution from a dairy unit not far from the village but improved pollution control and a change of ownership of the farm rectified that position.

External links

• Photo of the River Arth on geograph.org.uk

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