Nant Gwys

The Nant Gwys is a river flowing off the Black Mountain in Powys, Wales. Its tributaries Gwys Fawr and the Gwys Fach flow south from Banwen Gwyn and Bwlch y Ddeuwynt respectively and join forces to form the Nant Gwys proper which then flows for about 5km / 3mi to its confluence with the Afon Twrch at Cwm-twrch-Uchaf.

The upper reaches of the river and its tributaries lie within the Brecon Beacons National Park and within Fforest Fawr Geopark. ^[1] The river is one of several which run down the southward directed dip-slopes of the Black Mountain passing from the Millstone Grit outcrop onto the mudstones of the Carboniferous Coal Measures. ^[2]

The name translates from Welsh as 'sow stream', presumably in reference to the neighbouring Afon Twrch or 'boar river'.

External links

images of Nant Gwys and area on Geograph website

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area
2. ^ British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheets 230 'Ammanford' & 231 'Merthyr Tydfil' & memoir accompanying latter

Coordinates: 51°47′13″N 3°48′08″W / 51.78685°N 3.80213°W / 51.78685; -3.80213