What is River Tame, Greater Manchester?
The '''River Tame''' flows through [[Greater Manchester]]. It starts on Denshaw Moor in [[Saddleworth]] at the [[reservoir]] and flows to [[Stockport]] where it joins the [[River Goyt]] to form the [[River Mersey]]. It goes south through Delph, Uppermill, Mossley, Stalybridge, [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Denton and Hyde, and gives its name to the borough of [[Tameside]]. It was very [[Pollution|polluted]]. Up to two-thirds of the river's flow when it met the Goyt had passed through a [[sewage]] works. Since 1970 there have been efforts to clean it, but In 2018 a study found that the river contained the greatest amount of [[microplastic]] contamination of any river yet surveyed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hurley|first=Rachel|last2=Woodward|first2=Jamie|last3=Rothwell|first3=James J.|date=2018|title=Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding|url=https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/microplastic-contamination-of-river-beds-significantly-reduced-by|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=English|volume=11|pages=251–257|doi=10.1038/s41561-018-0080-1|issn=1752-0894}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Greater Manchester]] [[Category:Tameside]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tame, River}}