What is River Ystwyth?
The '''River Ystwyth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|s|t|w|ɪ|θ}}; {{lang-cy|Afon Ystwyth}}) is a river in west [[Wales]]. It starts in the hills between [[Rhayader]] and [[Ysbyty Ystwyth]] and flow into the sea at [[Aberystwyth]]. Although the river looks very clean, it has high levels of some [[metal]]s such as [[lead]], [[zinc]] and [[silver]]. These metals [[poison]] a lot of the [[wildlife]] so that only a few things live in some of the river. These metals get into the river from old lead mines. Nobody uses the mines any more but the [[waste]] material left behind still has lots of metal in it and this dissolves in [[rain]] and gets into the river. ==Other Reading== * Green, John (2006), [http://www.arterypublications.co.uk/books/afon_ystwyth.htm ''Afon Ystwyth: The Story of a River''], Artery Publications 2006. {{ISBN|0-9513909-7-X}} == Other websites == {{Commons category-inline|Afon Ystwyth}} {{coord|52|19|50|N|3|53|47|W|source:cawiki_region:GB_scale:200000|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ystwyth}} [[Category:Rivers of Wales]]