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Chinbrook Meadows has won the
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50:River Quaggy as it passes through Lewisham
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303:Basin features
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582:East Branch
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555:Tributaries
535:Other names
488:channelized
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379:Locksbottom
371:urban river
341:(often the
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114:Locksbottom
965:Categories
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664:Blackheath
586:Petts Wood
549:Chin Brook
441:Blackheath
417:Mottingham
413:Grove Park
345:or simply
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154:Grove Park
130:Petts Wood
996:Orpington
938:0°00′12″W
674:Kidbrooke
656:Well Hall
646:Well Hall
628:Horn Park
602:Sundridge
561:tributary
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425:Horn Park
409:Chinbrook
383:tributary
381:and is a
363:Greenwich
186:Lee Green
182:Kidbrooke
166:Horn Park
158:Chinbrook
150:Sundridge
126:Orpington
104:Greenwich
18:Kyd Brook
882:19 March
850:Archived
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688:Lewisham
624:The Tarn
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